Published violence and sexual offences rates, Lancashire (Lancashire Constabulary area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	157.1	5,410
2	BB11 25,004 residents	81.9	2,049
3	FY4 44,467 residents	60.3	2,681
4	PR1 73,471 residents	59.6	4,382
5	FY3 31,875 residents	57.4	1,830
6	BB5 62,903 residents	54.5	3,429
7	PR5 40,656 residents	53.2	2,163
8	FY7 26,224 residents	53.0	1,390
9	BB2 62,972 residents	50.3	3,168
10	BB8 23,138 residents	50.1	1,160
11	LA4 26,045 residents	49.6	1,291
12	OL13 16,582 residents	45.0	747
13	BB9 49,992 residents	43.6	2,181
14	LA3 25,087 residents	42.5	1,065
15	FY2 24,092 residents	41.8	1,007
16	BB3 34,098 residents	41.7	1,423
17	BB12 36,251 residents	41.4	1,502
18	BB1 70,582 residents	40.2	2,840
19	PR2 80,001 residents	38.5	3,079
20	BB6 14,847 residents	37.4	556

Lowest published rates

Rank of 39	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
39	BB18 17,286 residents	13.9	240
38	LA2 22,643 residents	17.0	386
37	LA5 16,252 residents	17.8	290
36	PR26 15,656 residents	18.3	287
35	L39 31,342 residents	20.4	638
34	L40 19,333 residents	21.1	407
33	BB7 35,632 residents	21.7	773
32	PR4 65,411 residents	23.4	1,533
31	PR25 32,704 residents	23.5	767
30	FY6 28,799 residents	26.6	767
29	PR3 42,068 residents	26.9	1,131
28	PR6 36,194 residents	29.2	1,058
27	FY8 45,120 residents	29.8	1,345
26	FY5 44,691 residents	31.1	1,391
25	BB4 42,314 residents	33.7	1,427
24	WN8 47,398 residents	34.5	1,633
23	PR7 64,094 residents	35.8	2,297
22	BB10 41,285 residents	36.7	1,517
21	LA1 55,943 residents	36.9	2,066

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 148	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	FY1 5 6,272 residents	168.8	1,059
2	FY1 2 7,938 residents	121.6	965
3	BB2 2 5,027 residents	121.5	611
4	FY1 6 8,390 residents	99.2	832
5	PR7 1 6,865 residents	91.3	627
6	FY4 4 11,970 residents	87.6	1,049
7	LA1 1 6,698 residents	87.2	584
8	BB2 1 5,235 residents	85.6	448
9	BB1 2 8,566 residents	84.3	722
10	FY7 6 7,548 residents	79.5	600
11	BB11 3 5,364 residents	75.7	406
12	FY4 1 8,486 residents	75.3	639
13	BB11 4 6,904 residents	73.3	506
14	FY3 7 10,993 residents	70.0	770
15	BB2 3 11,084 residents	66.9	741
16	LA4 4 9,156 residents	66.7	611
17	BB11 2 5,183 residents	66.4	344
18	FY3 8 8,703 residents	64.8	564
19	LA4 5 8,765 residents	64.7	567
20	BB5 0 10,833 residents	59.5	645

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 148	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
148	BB18 5 7,956 residents	11.3	90
147	L39 4 8,738 residents	12.1	106
146	PR1 0 9,319 residents	13.0	121
145	LA4 6 8,124 residents	13.2	107
144	BB7 4 5,327 residents	13.3	71
143	PR25 5 5,777 residents	13.8	80
142	PR25 4 5,481 residents	14.4	79
141	FY8 4 9,796 residents	14.6	143
140	PR4 6 10,041 residents	14.7	148
139	PR4 5 8,476 residents	14.9	126
138	PR2 8 7,334 residents	15.4	113
137	PR4 4 6,308 residents	15.7	99
136	PR6 8 6,545 residents	15.9	104
135	BB4 4 7,173 residents	16.0	115
134	BB18 6 9,330 residents	16.1	150
133	BB2 7 7,617 residents	17.6	134
132	LA2 0 6,124 residents	18.3	112
131	BB2 5 7,525 residents	18.3	138
130	PR3 1 10,941 residents	18.8	206
129	LA6 1 5,635 residents	19.0	107

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