Published crime rates, Lancashire (Lancashire Constabulary area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 39	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	FY1 34,442 residents	374.6	12,902
2	BB11 25,004 residents	267.6	6,692
3	PR1 73,471 residents	174.3	12,805
4	FY4 44,467 residents	145.9	6,487
5	BB5 62,903 residents	142.1	8,940
6	LA4 26,045 residents	140.7	3,664
7	FY3 31,875 residents	136.4	4,349
8	PR5 40,656 residents	134.5	5,468
9	BB2 62,972 residents	130.5	8,215
10	FY7 26,224 residents	129.8	3,403
11	BB8 23,138 residents	129.5	2,997
12	OL13 16,582 residents	110.7	1,835
13	LA1 55,943 residents	109.2	6,111
14	LA3 25,087 residents	107.7	2,701
15	BB9 49,992 residents	107.3	5,366
16	BB12 36,251 residents	103.7	3,761
17	FY2 24,092 residents	101.7	2,451
18	BB1 70,582 residents	101.4	7,158
19	PR2 80,001 residents	99.9	7,989
20	BB3 34,098 residents	99.0	3,377

Lowest published rates

Rank of 39	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
39	BB18 17,286 residents	32.7	566
38	LA2 22,643 residents	40.5	917
37	PR26 15,656 residents	43.8	685
36	LA5 16,252 residents	44.2	719
35	L39 31,342 residents	51.5	1,613
34	BB7 35,632 residents	53.3	1,900
33	PR4 65,411 residents	56.2	3,679
32	L40 19,333 residents	56.4	1,090
31	PR25 32,704 residents	57.5	1,881
30	PR3 42,068 residents	61.9	2,606
29	FY6 28,799 residents	65.2	1,878
28	PR6 36,194 residents	74.5	2,695
27	FY5 44,691 residents	76.6	3,423
26	FY8 45,120 residents	79.2	3,572
25	WN8 47,398 residents	84.5	4,007
24	PR7 64,094 residents	85.1	5,454
23	BB4 42,314 residents	86.2	3,646
22	BB6 14,847 residents	92.3	1,370
21	BB10 41,285 residents	96.3	3,976

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 148	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	FY1 5 6,272 residents	421.9	2,646
2	BB2 2 5,027 residents	339.6	1,707
3	LA1 1 6,698 residents	314.3	2,105
4	FY1 2 7,938 residents	270.5	2,147
5	FY1 6 8,390 residents	241.2	2,024
6	BB11 3 5,364 residents	229.5	1,231
7	BB2 1 5,235 residents	226.0	1,183
8	PR7 1 6,865 residents	220.4	1,513
9	BB11 4 6,904 residents	219.6	1,516
10	FY7 6 7,548 residents	210.4	1,588
11	FY4 1 8,486 residents	202.0	1,714
12	FY4 4 11,970 residents	198.5	2,376
13	BB11 2 5,183 residents	192.0	995
14	PR1 8 5,760 residents	189.1	1,089
15	LA4 5 8,765 residents	185.5	1,626
16	BB11 5 7,052 residents	183.8	1,296
17	LA4 4 9,156 residents	181.7	1,664
18	BB2 3 11,084 residents	177.5	1,967
19	BB1 2 8,566 residents	176.0	1,508
20	PR1 5 9,700 residents	171.0	1,659

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 148	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
148	L39 4 8,738 residents	25.4	222
147	BB18 5 7,956 residents	28.0	223
146	PR25 5 5,777 residents	29.8	172
145	PR1 0 9,319 residents	31.8	296
144	PR2 8 7,334 residents	34.9	256
143	PR4 6 10,041 residents	35.7	358
142	FY8 4 9,796 residents	36.1	354
141	PR4 4 6,308 residents	36.6	231
140	BB18 6 9,330 residents	36.8	343
139	PR25 4 5,481 residents	37.2	204
138	LA6 1 5,635 residents	39.4	222
137	LA2 0 6,124 residents	40.3	247
136	BB2 7 7,617 residents	40.8	311
135	PR6 8 6,545 residents	41.1	269
134	BB7 4 5,327 residents	42.4	226
133	LA4 6 8,124 residents	42.8	348
132	BB4 4 7,173 residents	42.9	308
131	PR7 6 8,945 residents	44.5	398
130	BB7 2 8,740 residents	46.3	405
129	FY5 2 11,847 residents	47.1	558

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