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Overview of Ribble Valley crime rate

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Ribble Valley has a medium crime rating,

ranking 17th within its vicinity in terms of crime rates. The year 2023 recorded 3,295 incidents, indicating a crime rate of 53.52 per 1,000 inhabitants in its population of 61,561. This represents a 5.59% reduction from the previous year.

The most frequent crime types in Ribble Valley were Violence and sexual offences (32.7%), Anti-social behaviour (28.7%), and Criminal damage and arson (8.6%), with the rarest being Bicycle theft (0.3%), Robbery (0.3%), Theft from the person (0.2%).

Within its 26 wards, the highest crime rates were observed in Derby & Thornley (96.8), Salthill (87.4), St Mary’s (Ribble Valley) (87.4). The most secure wards include East Whalley, Read & Simonstone (27.9), West Bradford & Grindleton (21.7), Brockhall & Dinckley (20.0).

Regarding Postcode districts overlapping with Ribble Valley, the highest crime rates are in BB2 (143.4), BB1 (106.5), BB12 (97.7). The safest districts are BB6 (63.5), BD23 (62.4), PR3 (58.8).

In Ribble Valley, there was a significant rise in Anti-social behaviour by 14.85% in 2020 and in Violence and sexual offences by 2.12% in 2022. On the other hand, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 5.31% in 2021 and 8.34% in 2022, and a drop in Other theft by 1.53% in 2020.

Ribble Valley crime incidents by crime type

A total of 3295 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 1078 (32.7)%
Anti-social behaviour – 947 (28.7)%
Criminal damage and arson – 283 (8.6)%
Other theft – 255 (7.7)%
Burglary – 204 (6.2)%
Vehicle crime – 198 (6.0)%
Public order – 112 (3.4)%
Shoplifting – 82 (2.5)%
Other crime – 47 (1.4)%
Drugs – 38 (1.2)%
Possession of weapons – 25 (0.8)%
Bicycle theft – 9 (0.3)%
Robbery – 9 (0.3)%
Theft from the person – 8 (0.2)%

How does Ribble Valley compare against nearby areas ?

Ribble Valley ranks 17th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

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

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Crime rates in Ribble Valley wards

There are 26 wards within Ribble Valley. Derby & Thornley, Salthill, St Mary’s (Ribble Valley) 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 26 wards from high crime rate to low.