Crime Rates at Cowper Place, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7EG

Cowper Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Buckshaw & Whittle , and the 104th highest crime rate of 368 local areas in Chorley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowper Place (PR7 7EG) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% higher than the Buckshaw & Whittle average (62.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Place (PR7 7EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barnes Wallis Way, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rose Whittle Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.