Total Crime Rate

121.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • 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
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wigan Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South , and the 80th 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 Wigan Road (PR7 6HZ) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 100.5% higher than the Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South average (60.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wigan Road (PR7 6HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wigan Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regency Gardens (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wigan Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldside Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wigan Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunrobin Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunrobin Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anderton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigan Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wigan Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regency Gardens —
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Data Sources

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