Total Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calder Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 161st highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Calder Avenue (PR7 3PD) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calder Avenue (PR7 3PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moor Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chorley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamber Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scawfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scawfell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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