Total Crime Rate

217.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 217.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Meadow Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Adlington & Anderton , and the 28th highest crime rate of 370 local areas in Chorley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Street (PR7 4HH) in the last 12 months was 217.6 per 1,000 residents and was 196.7% higher than the Adlington & Anderton average (73.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Street (PR7 4HH), the main crime hotspot is near Walton Street. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldcliffe Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mayfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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