Crime · Chorley

Reported crime in Chorley

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

5,336 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 114 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

5,336

Rate / 1,000

114

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,117	40%
Anti social behaviour	1,214	23%
Criminal damage and arson	399	7%
Public order	321	6%
Shoplifting	308	6%
Other theft	263	5%
Burglary	150	3%
Vehicle crime	150	3%
Drugs	148	3%
Other crime	118	2%
Possession of weapons	65	1%
Robbery	35	1%
Theft from the person	26	0%
Bicycle theft	22	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	179	150	154	152	174	186	181	137	179	240	210	175	2117
Anti social behaviour	149	156	146	116	109	122	78	40	52	67	92	87	1214
Criminal damage and arson	37	30	30	31	30	34	34	37	24	36	34	42	399
Public order	24	36	21	23	26	26	16	15	30	20	38	46	321
Shoplifting	13	15	15	15	22	24	34	33	35	30	23	49	308
Other theft	16	31	23	26	18	26	25	18	21	14	23	22	263
Burglary	13	12	10	11	9	14	7	14	15	11	15	19	150
Vehicle crime	20	20	7	13	24	13	5	12	6	13	10	7	150
Drugs	13	15	13	10	15	7	12	16	16	10	12	9	148
Other crime	10	10	6	12	12	8	11	11	9	9	7	13	118
Possession of weapons	4	6	6	8	3	5	2	1	1	10	13	6	65
Robbery	3	1	5		3	6	3	4	4	3		3	35
Theft from the person	2	2	2	5	2	2		1	4	1	2	3	26
Bicycle theft		3	1	1	4		1	1	2	2	3	4	22
Total	483	487	439	423	451	473	409	340	398	466	482	485	5336

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chorley, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 46,860.