Total Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Booth Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chorley North West , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 370 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 Booth Avenue (PR7 3SB) in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% lower than the Chorley North West average (202.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 523.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Booth Avenue (PR7 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Booth Avenue, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hale Grove (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Booth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Booth Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chiltern Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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