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Overview of Pendle crime rate

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Crime status: medium.

Landing at 11th place among 25 local areas, Pendle recorded 8,978 crimes in 2023. The region, with 95,757 residents, has a crime rate of 93.76 per 1,000 people, marking an 11.71% decline from the prior year.

The most observed crimes in Pendle are Violence and sexual offences (33.8%), Anti-social behaviour (29.6%), and Criminal damage and arson (8.6%). The least frequent include Robbery (0.5%), Bicycle theft (0.3%), and Theft from the person (0.3%).

Pendle’s 12 wards show the highest crime figures in Vivary Bridge (164.9), Waterside & Horsfield (152.1), and Bradley (Pendle) (133.0). The most secure wards are Earby & Coates (52.9), Boulsworth & Foulridge (51.5), and Fence & Higham (37.0).

Reviewing Pendle’s postcode districts, BB11 (278.6), BB18 (120.9), and BB10 (98.5) exhibit the highest crime rates. The safest areas are BB8 (87.9), BB7 (73.2), and BD23 (62.4).

In Pendle, Anti-social behaviour saw a rise of 28.14% in 2020, but then experienced decreases of 9.47% in 2021, 16.58% in 2022, and 4.37% in 2023. Violence and sexual offences increased by 3.30% in 2020 and by 2.66% in 2022, but dropped by 4.66% in 2023. Burglary rates fell by 1.74% in 2020 and by 1.93% in 2021. Other theft saw decreases of 1.82% in 2020 and 2.08% in 2023.

Pendle crime incidents by crime type

A total of 8978 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3039 (33.8)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2661 (29.6)%
Criminal damage and arson – 770 (8.6)%
Other theft – 551 (6.1)%
Burglary – 407 (4.5)%
Public order – 374 (4.2)%
Vehicle crime – 373 (4.2)%
Shoplifting – 305 (3.4)%
Other crime – 153 (1.7)%
Drugs – 152 (1.7)%
Possession of weapons – 91 (1.0)%
Robbery – 46 (0.5)%
Bicycle theft – 28 (0.3)%
Theft from the person – 28 (0.3)%

How does Pendle compare against nearby areas ?

Pendle ranks 11th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Pendle is compared against

Crime rates in Pendle wards

There are 12 wards within Pendle. Vivary Bridge, Waterside & Horsfield, Bradley (Pendle) has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 12 wards from high crime rate to low.