Total Crime Rate

142.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 142.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.6 10/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 20.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ordnance Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Buckshaw & Whittle , and the 56th 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 Ordnance Road (PR7 7JF) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 118.1% higher than the Buckshaw & Whittle average (65.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ordnance Road (PR7 7JF), the main crime hotspot is near Rose Whittle Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ordnance Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Corsair Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carpenters Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnes Wallis Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barnes Wallis Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Whittle Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Whittle Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Whittle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rose Whittle Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Whittle Avenue —
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Data Sources

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