Postcode · Bacup
Crime in OL13 8RD
How much crime is recorded in OL13 8RD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bacup
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,839 (2024)
OL13 8RDBacup
How safe is OL13 8RD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OL13 8RD area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
42
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 8RDNational
Violence and sexual offences15.023.6
Burglary10.99.1
Anti-social behaviour10.810.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Other crime2.81.5
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Public order2.64.6
Other theft1.04.5
Theft from the person0.32.1
Drugs0.32.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% 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.