Total Crime Rate
96.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025College Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Up Holland , and the 80th highest crime rate of 328 local areas in West Lancashire .
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 College Road (WN8 0PY) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% higher than the Up Holland average (62.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Road (WN8 0PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stoney Brow, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hallbridge Gardens (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Up Holland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoney Brow | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldean | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallbridge Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dingle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
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