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Crime · Oswaldtwistle
Reported crime in Oswaldtwistle
1,826 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 126 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,826
Rate / 1,000
126
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 706 | 39% |
| Anti social behaviour | 391 | 21% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 144 | 8% |
| Vehicle crime | 130 | 7% |
| Public order | 102 | 6% |
| Burglary | 101 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 77 | 4% |
| Other theft | 76 | 4% |
| Drugs | 33 | 2% |
| Other crime | 28 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 17 | 1% |
| Robbery | 10 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 7 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 66 | 50 | 50 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 74 | 65 | 58 | 62 | 53 | 56 | 706 |
| Anti social behaviour | 46 | 37 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 391 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 144 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 130 |
| Public order | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 102 |
| Burglary | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 101 |
| Shoplifting | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 77 |
| Other theft | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 76 |
| Drugs | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 33 | ||
| Other crime | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 165 | 129 | 127 | 158 | 145 | 119 | 210 | 161 | 158 | 157 | 146 | 151 | 1826 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Oswaldtwistle, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,494.