Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grasmere Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South , and the 127th highest crime rate of 368 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 Grasmere Close (PR7 6NP) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher than the Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South average (59.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grasmere Close (PR7 6NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grasmere Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barons Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Euxton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Balshaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Talbot Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Balshaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regents Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Talbot Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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