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/

6,621 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 150 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,621

Rate / 1,000

150

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,478	37%
Anti social behaviour	1,390	21%
Shoplifting	469	7%
Vehicle crime	444	7%
Criminal damage and arson	437	7%
Public order	368	6%
Other theft	350	5%
Burglary	223	3%
Drugs	155	2%
Other crime	139	2%
Possession of weapons	74	1%
Robbery	47	1%
Theft from the person	29	0%
Bicycle theft	18	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	191	209	176	205	209	219	233	192	205	201	221	217	2478
Anti social behaviour	140	188	151	142	109	94	88	90	77	101	116	94	1390
Shoplifting	18	23	32	38	42	32	54	46	41	36	50	57	469
Vehicle crime	48	51	28	43	34	32	49	41	34	26	36	22	444
Criminal damage and arson	22	42	39	32	29	38	42	30	43	43	39	38	437
Public order	22	25	19	17	33	29	36	33	50	41	31	32	368
Other theft	26	26	37	28	32	23	23	19	31	27	37	41	350
Burglary	18	16	16	14	20	21	22	13	20	17	19	27	223
Drugs	11	18	15	8	12	13	11	12	11	16	9	19	155
Other crime	11	14	6	11	4	18	11	15	9	13	15	12	139
Possession of weapons	6	10	5	4	5	1	6	10	9	13	4	1	74
Robbery	5	2	1	5	2	2	4	2	5	4	8	7	47
Theft from the person	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	5	2	2	29
Bicycle theft	1			1	2	4	2	1	2	2	3		18
Total	520	626	527	552	535	528	583	507	539	545	590	569	6621

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