Police recorded 3,954 violence and sexual offences offences in Chorley in the 12 months to June 2026, up 14.6% (505) on the previous 12 months. That is 32.5 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 121,814
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
752 (partial)
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June 2012
1,217
11.2
2012
June 2013
1,228
11.1
2013
June 2014
1,209
10.9
2014
June 2015
1,292
11.5
2015
June 2016
1,678
14.8
2016
June 2017
1,863
16.2
2017
June 2018
2,887
24.9
2018
June 2019
3,416
29.3
2019
June 2020
3,115
26.6
2020
June 2021
3,369
28.6
2021
June 2022
3,786
31.9
2022
June 2023
3,553
29.7
2023
June 2024
3,636
30.2
2024
June 2025
3,449
28.3
2025
June 2026
3,954
32.5
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.