Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Charnock Richard records more crime than nine in ten UK towns
Vehicle crime: police recorded 31 in Charnock Richard in the 12 months to August 2026, 28.2 per 1,000 residents against 1.5 in a typical town its size. Its Safety Grade is D, on crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. The yearly rates were 36.4 violent and sexual offences and 27.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
Inside Charnock Richard’s D for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 209 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Charnock Richard against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Charnock Richard runs highest on vehicle crime (28.2 per 1,000 against 1.5), other theft (16.4 per 1,000 against 2.5) and anti-social behaviour (27.3 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 58 | 52.8 | 16.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 31 | 28.2 | 1.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 30 | 27.3 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 18 | 16.4 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 15 | 13.7 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 6.4 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 4 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Charnock Richard compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Waddington Lancashire | 1,005 | 4 | 4 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Bonds Lancashire | 1,237 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Old Langho Lancashire | 1,072 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 158 | Rufford Lancashire | 1,562 | 10 | 4.5 | 1.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1159 | Rhayader Powys | 1,837 | 48 | 14.3 | 5.9 | D |
| 1160 | Newcastle Emlyn Dyfed | 1,842 | 51.7 | 10.6 | 7.5 | D |
| 1161 | Penwithick Cornwall | 1,706 | 50.1 | 12.8 | 4.5 | D |
| 1162 | Charnock Richard Lancashire | 1,098 | 36.4 | 27 | 25.2 | D |
| 1163 | Onley Northamptonshire | 1,667 | 60.6 | 3 | 1.2 | D |
| 1164 | Dawlish Warren Devon | 1,191 | 53.4 | 10.4 | 15.3 | D |
| 1165 | Tow Law County Durham | 1,796 | 43.8 | 20 | 9.3 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Charnock Richard, and others in Lancashire.
Crime in Charnock Richard per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 47 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 23 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
62 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 31 the year before
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +100% (towns its size +3%), shoplifting and theft -19% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -47% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Charnock Richard’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 17 collisions with injuries inside Charnock Richard in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Charnock Richard is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Charnock Richard’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Charnock Richard had 4.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Charnock Richard’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Charnock Richard
Charnock Richard records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 5 neighbours; only Chorley records more. Coppull, 0.9 miles away, records 24.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Charnock Richard’s 36.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Charnock Richard sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Charnock Richard
Is Charnock Richard safe?
Police recorded 36.4 violent and sexual offences and 27 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Charnock Richard’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 10% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Charnock Richard has less crime per resident than 4%.
Is crime going up in Charnock Richard?
Police recorded 62 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 31 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Charnock Richard?
Violence & sexual offences: 58 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (31) and other theft (18), with 30 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Charnock Richard compare with Bamber Bridge?
Bamber Bridge records 33.4 violent and sexual offences and 13.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Charnock Richard’s 36.4 and 27, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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