Crime in BL8 2PS
How much crime is recorded in BL8 2PS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Whitehead Park
- Council
- Bury
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,526 (2024)
BL8 2PSBury
How safe is BL8 2PS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 37.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in Bury, above the 31.3 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all council areas.
Higher than most council areas in England and Wales.
This force hasn't published street-level crime for a full year, so these are the Home Office's recorded crime figures for Bury. They cover the same offences but can't be broken down below council level.
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 13% since 2020.
Source: Home Office police recorded crime by community safety partnership. Rates cover April 2025 to March 2026.