Crime · Accrington

Reported crime in Accrington

Name: Accrington crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,764 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 153 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,764

Rate / 1,000

153

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,463	36%
Anti social behaviour	1,612	24%
Criminal damage and arson	454	7%
Vehicle crime	443	7%
Shoplifting	408	6%
Public order	388	6%
Other theft	322	5%
Burglary	215	3%
Drugs	155	2%
Other crime	133	2%
Possession of weapons	79	1%
Robbery	39	1%
Theft from the person	32	0%
Bicycle theft	21	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	228	195	191	209	176	205	209	219	233	192	205	201	2463
Anti social behaviour	218	214	140	188	151	142	109	94	88	90	77	101	1612
Criminal damage and arson	50	44	22	42	39	32	29	38	42	30	43	43	454
Vehicle crime	26	31	48	51	28	43	34	32	49	41	34	26	443
Shoplifting	26	20	18	23	32	38	42	32	54	46	41	36	408
Public order	44	39	22	25	19	17	33	29	36	33	50	41	388
Other theft	24	26	26	26	37	28	32	23	23	19	31	27	322
Burglary	18	20	18	16	16	14	20	21	22	13	20	17	215
Drugs	11	17	11	18	15	8	12	13	11	12	11	16	155
Other crime	13	8	11	14	6	11	4	18	11	15	9	13	133
Possession of weapons	7	3	6	10	5	4	5	1	6	10	9	13	79
Robbery	4	3	5	2	1	5	2	2	4	2	5	4	39
Theft from the person	4	3	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	5	32
Bicycle theft	6		1			1	2	4	2	1	2	2	21
Total	679	623	520	626	527	552	535	528	583	507	539	545	6764

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Accrington, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 44,103.