Postcode · Bacup
Crime in OL13 0EE
How much crime is recorded in OL13 0EE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Waterfoot & Stacksteads
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,284 (2024)
OL13 0EEBacup
How safe is OL13 0EE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OL13 0EE area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
47
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
OL13 0EENational
Violence and sexual offences20.523.6
Anti-social behaviour12.210.7
Burglary6.49.1
Criminal damage and arson4.24.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Other theft2.44.5
Other crime1.21.5
Public order1.14.6
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 14% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.