Postcode · Chorley
Crime in PR6 8DZ
How much crime is recorded in PR6 8DZ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,112 (2024)
PR6 8DZChorley
How safe is PR6 8DZ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PR6 8DZ 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
21.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
PR6 8DZNational
Burglary14.09.1
Violence and sexual offences13.023.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other theft2.04.5
Public order2.04.6
Robbery1.31.4
Other crime1.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.