Total Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hurst Brook area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Coppull , and the 55th lowest 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 Hurst Brook (PR7 4QT) in the last 12 months was 17.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower than the Coppull average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurst Brook (PR7 4QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coppull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Chestnuts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chancery Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
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