Lancashire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Lancashire as of April 2026 is 72 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 35 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Lancashire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Accrington is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Blackpool, and Burnley comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Lancashire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Longton which ranks as the safest area in Lancashire, followed up by Aughton in second place, and Ormskirk in third place.
Lancashire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Lancashire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Lancashire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Lancashire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Lancashire's 56,923 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Lancashire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Lancashire has a crime risk score of 494. This is based on analysis of 56,923 nearby areas within Lancashire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Lancashire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Lancashire, crime risk scores are typically around 494, while in North West they are average 512.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 504 (505 for North West), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 511 (North West 503).
Trends in Crime Risk
Lancashire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Lancashire's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Lancashire's crime risk score is up by 7%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Lancashire's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Lancashire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Lancashire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 1.01 reports per 1,000 people in Lancashire, which is 1.19 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,753 crime reports logged by Lancashire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Lancashire Police recorded 62,045 reports of Violence and Sexual Offences in Lancashire, resulting in a crime rate of 35 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.16.
The crime rate for Criminal Damage and Arson is 1.13 times the national average at 7.11 reports per 1,000. This is from 12,487 crime reports reported to Lancashire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Lancashire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.27 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.04 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 22% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.59 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 63% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 35% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Lancashire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.74 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.84 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.08 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.10 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 1.8% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.29 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 11% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Lancashire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Lancashire | North West | Lancashire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 44,091 | 25.12 | 1.78 | 68,604 | 7.93 | 0.56 | 44,099 | 25.05 | 1.77 |
| Bicycle Theft | 935 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 2,963 | 0.35 | 0.48 | 935 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 5,672 | 3.22 | 1.03 | 13,151 | 1.50 | 0.48 | 5,674 | 3.22 | 1.03 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 12,487 | 7.11 | 1.13 | 34,232 | 3.94 | 0.63 | 12,498 | 7.10 | 1.13 |
| Drugs | 4,150 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 23,463 | 2.70 | 0.87 | 4,158 | 2.36 | 0.76 |
| Other Crime | 4,141 | 2.36 | 1.28 | 11,008 | 1.28 | 0.69 | 4,148 | 2.36 | 1.28 |
| Other Theft | 9,088 | 5.17 | 0.91 | 24,256 | 2.79 | 0.49 | 9,096 | 5.16 | 0.91 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1,753 | 1.01 | 1.19 | 4,543 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 1,756 | 1.01 | 1.19 |
| Public Order | 8,532 | 4.86 | 0.84 | 36,702 | 4.23 | 0.73 | 8,539 | 4.85 | 0.84 |
| Robbery | 1,207 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 3,301 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 1,208 | 0.69 | 0.58 |
| Shoplifting | 9,243 | 5.26 | 0.74 | 27,614 | 3.18 | 0.45 | 9,246 | 5.24 | 0.73 |
| Theft From the Person | 663 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 1,948 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 664 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
| Vehicle Crime | 6,294 | 3.57 | 0.83 | 14,353 | 1.67 | 0.39 | 6,299 | 3.57 | 0.83 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 62,045 | 35.33 | 1.16 | 178,380 | 20.58 | 0.68 | 62,128 | 35.27 | 1.16 |
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Total Crime by Year
Lancashire | North West | Lancashire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 126,210 | 71.87 | 1.00 | 375,914 | 43.36 | 0.60 | 126,349 | 71.75 | 1.00 |
| 2025 | 125,027 | 71.71 | 0.97 | 373,106 | 43.34 | 0.59 | 125,166 | 71.59 | 0.97 |
| 2024 | 125,021 | 72.60 | 0.96 | 380,165 | 44.52 | 0.59 | 125,188 | 72.49 | 0.96 |
| 2023 | 126,579 | 74.37 | 0.94 | 418,544 | 49.63 | 0.63 | 126,750 | 74.27 | 0.94 |
| 2022 | 128,887 | 76.97 | 1.00 | 410,255 | 49.27 | 0.64 | 129,044 | 76.86 | 1.00 |
| 2021 | 122,462 | 73.89 | 1.08 | 363,499 | 44.00 | 0.64 | 122,589 | 73.80 | 1.08 |
| 2020 | 132,867 | 80.49 | 1.09 | 388,434 | 47.29 | 0.64 | 133,036 | 80.38 | 1.08 |
| 2019 | 159,649 | 97.36 | 1.28 | 412,412 | 50.39 | 0.66 | 159,780 | 97.09 | 1.27 |
| 2018 | 125,020 | 76.64 | 1.08 | 361,592 | 44.45 | 0.63 | 125,169 | 76.49 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 103,791 | 64.02 | 1.00 | 303,042 | 37.41 | 0.59 | 103,905 | 63.93 | 1.00 |
| 2016 | 30,635 | 18.97 | 0.99 | 87,310 | 10.80 | 0.57 | 30,666 | 18.93 | 0.99 |
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The Lancashire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Lancashire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Hull Road Blackpool | 156 | ||||||||
| Nightclub Preston | 117 | ||||||||
| Pankhurst Close Blackburn | 103 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station Burnley | 99 | ||||||||
| Pump House Lane Ulnes Walton | 72 | ||||||||
| Riverside Bamber Bridge | 59 | ||||||||
| Bath Street Morecambe | 56 | ||||||||
| Dutch Barn Close Chorley | 54 | ||||||||
| New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall | 52 | ||||||||
| Park Street Accrington | 50 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Blackpool | 20,755 | 129.35 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Burnley | 8,898 | 111.85 | 1.56 | ||||||
| Accrington | 4,118 | 105.43 | 1.47 | ||||||
| Morecambe | 3,635 | 100.93 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Padiham | 1,079 | 93.50 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Preston | 14,005 | 91.08 | 1.27 | ||||||
| Colne | 1,910 | 90.54 | 1.30 | ||||||
| Oswaldtwistle | 1,039 | 88.75 | 1.30 | ||||||
| Fleetwood | 2,565 | 88.68 | 1.26 | ||||||
| Chorley | 3,521 | 82.12 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Great Harwood | 869 | 78.17 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Nelson | 3,037 | 77.45 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Blackburn | 11,062 | 76.21 | 1.06 | ||||||
| Darwen | 2,408 | 75.79 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Skelmersdale | 2,836 | 72.49 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Rawtenstall | 1,710 | 69.86 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Clayton-le-Moors | 649 | 69.84 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Brierfield | 768 | 66.29 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Heysham | 1,114 | 65.63 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Bamber Bridge | 2,817 | 64.59 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Saint Anne's on the Sea | 2,025 | 63.74 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Leyland | 2,712 | 61.77 | 0.87 | ||||||
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 844 | 60.25 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Clayton-le-Woods | 1,008 | 59.90 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Lancaster | 789 | 58.09 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Haslingden | 945 | 56.12 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Kirkham | 508 | 54.82 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Longridge | 498 | 54.79 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Whitworth | 457 | 54.23 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Cleveleys | 600 | 54.12 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Burscough | 580 | 52.19 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Lytham St Anne's | 2,371 | 50.15 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Thornton | 966 | 48.55 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Penwortham | 1,091 | 47.04 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Clitheroe | 840 | 42.21 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Barnoldswick | 466 | 40.43 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Coppull | 340 | 40.41 | 0.72 | ||||||
| Ormskirk | 1,023 | 36.16 | 0.52 | ||||||
| Euxton | 543 | 31.51 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Up Holland | 285 | 31.12 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Aughton | 144 | 17.27 | 0.35 | ||||||
| Longton | 159 | 15.41 | 0.33 | ||||||
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