Total Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claremont Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 96th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Claremont Road (PR7 3NH) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% lower than the Chorley North West average (212.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Road (PR7 3NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cotswold Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamber Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B5251 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B5251 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tootell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tootell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maud Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rydal Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weldbank Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coventry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coventry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weldbank Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Street | Under investigation |
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