Total Crime Rate

88.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 36.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Other crime 11.0 10/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dickens Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Coppull , and the 114th 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 Dickens Road (PR7 5BH) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Road (PR7 5BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dickens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary South Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Byron Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Regent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rectory Drive —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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