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South Ribble crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole South Ribble local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: South Ribble local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 2026691published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour177separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents58.4Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

South Ribble: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 691 crime records and 177 anti-social behaviour records for South Ribble local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 6,867.

The resident population used is 117,554, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 58.4 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 2026691177Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2026642138Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2026621147Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202661697Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2026574106Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202652275Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2026547155Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 2025527218Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 2025565217Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 2025515256Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 2025524235Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 2025523384Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 2025572322Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2025548325Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2025582274Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2025565299Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 2025578268Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 2025460205Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 2025487224Territorial submission present
December 2024541207Territorial submission present
November 2024507237Territorial submission present
October 2024619258Territorial submission present
September 2024553265Territorial submission present
August 2024549275Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by +4.9% compared with the preceding 12 months (6,544 → 6,867). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences31836.6%
Anti-social behaviour17720.4%
Shoplifting738.4%
Criminal damage and arson728.3%
Public order596.8%
Other theft515.9%
Vehicle crime303.5%
Burglary273.1%
Other crime192.2%
Drugs141.6%
Possession of weapons111.3%
Bicycle theft101.2%
Robbery50.6%
Theft from the person20.2%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation33648.6%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified14521.0%
Unable to prosecute suspect14420.8%
Awaiting court outcome273.9%
Offender given a caution202.9%
Local resolution152.2%
Action to be taken by another organisation30.4%
Offender given penalty notice10.1%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Chorley7,46261.3
Preston16,10197.9
Fylde4,59253.0
West Lancashire5,93748.0
Blackburn with Darwen14,20686.7

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: New Longton & Hutton East. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (3)
  • Adam HealdPCSO 7560
  • Deborah ThompsonPCSO 7262
  • Jonathan CooteNH Inspector 279

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.

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