Chorley crime rate
Overview of Chorley crime rate
The most frequent crimes in Chorley include Violence and sexual offences (33.6%), Anti-social behaviour (31.1%), and Criminal damage and arson (8.4%), with the least frequent being Bicycle theft (0.7%), Robbery (0.5%), and Theft from the person (0.3%).
The area is segmented into 14 wards, where Chorley North West (271.0), Chorley East (126.2), and Chorley South East & Heath Charnock (118.8) report the highest crime rates. The safest wards are Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard (46.3), Chorley North East (46.1), and Euxton (36.7).
Chorley crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 3580 (33.6)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 3319 (31.1)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 895 (8.4)%
- Other theft – 685 (6.4)%
- Shoplifting – 472 (4.4)%
- Public order – 463 (4.3)%
- Vehicle crime – 357 (3.3)%
- Burglary – 312 (2.9)%
- Other crime – 234 (2.2)%
- Drugs – 101 (0.9)%
- Possession of weapons – 86 (0.8)%
- Bicycle theft – 70 (0.7)%
- Robbery – 49 (0.5)%
- Theft from the person – 35 (0.3)%
How does Chorley compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Chorley is compared against
Crime rates in Chorley wards
There are 14 wards within Chorley. Chorley North West, Chorley East, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 14 wards from high crime rate to low.
Analyze trends and crime types for Chorley wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Chorley
There are 10 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Chorley. Highest crime rates in PR25, PR26, BB2 .
- PR25 – 201.0
- PR26 – 157.3
- BB2 – 143.4
- PR7 – 101.4
- PR6 – 76.5
- PR4 – 65.5
- PR5 – 60.8
- L40 – 45.1
- BL6 – 5.0
- WN6 – 3.5
Postcode districts in Chorley
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