Total Crime Rate

51.8 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 51.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vicarage Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South , and the 169th lowest crime rate of 370 local areas in Chorley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Close (PR7 6LL) in the last 12 months was 51.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Close (PR7 6LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Lane, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Lane —
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Data Sources

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