Postcode · Bacup
Crime in OL13 9SP
How much crime is recorded in OL13 9SP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bacup
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,998 (2024)
OL13 9SPBacup
How safe is OL13 9SP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OL13 9SP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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 9SPNational
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Burglary4.99.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Other theft1.54.5
Other crime1.51.5
Public order1.14.6
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Drugs0.32.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 8% 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.