Longholme — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Local policing team in the Lancashire Constabulary area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.

All Lancashire Constabulary neighbourhoods

Contact the team

email: rossendale.npt@lancashire.police.uk

In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Lancashire Constabulary's online reporting.

Recorded crime — June 2026

73 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.

Compared with May 2026 (99): ▼ 26 (26%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences30 · 41%
Shoplifting15 · 21%
Anti-social behaviour9 · 12%
Vehicle crime5 · 7%
Criminal damage and arson4 · 5%
Other crime3 · 4%
Drugs2 · 3%
Other theft2 · 3%

Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.

What happened to reported crimes — June 2026

63 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Investigation complete; no suspect identified28 · 44%
Unable to prosecute suspect25 · 40%
Local resolution6 · 10%
Awaiting court outcome4 · 6%

Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.

Current priorities

Anti-social Behaviour, Road safety including the use of off road bikes on Moorland.

We are working to establish a town centre working group to target key issues. A visibility plan is in place around the bus station, a repeat location for antisocial behaviour (ASB) and drug dealing. Officers are revisiting ASB victims in these locations and running a series of pop-up events in the town centre to improve engagement with the public. A series of joint operations are being conducted in partnership with Greater Manchester Police, Traffic Police and Rossendale Borough Council to target the use of illegal offroad bikes both on moorland and through residential areas. A series of speeding and red light offending operations are planned each month with neighbourhood officers conducting enforcement in key areas.

Set: 2026-07-01