Total Crime Rate

661.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

231.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 661.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 231.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 225.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 181.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 121.7 10/10
  • Other theft 38.6 10/10
  • Public order 32.6 10/10
  • Robbery 11.9 9/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briercliffe Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bank Hall , and the 11th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briercliffe Road (BB10 1XB) in the last 12 months was 661.7 per 1,000 residents and was 208.9% higher than the Bank Hall average (214.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 231.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briercliffe Road (BB10 1XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edmund Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sharp Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Briercliffe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Latham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sharp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sharp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bracewell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Renshaw Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushworth Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Latham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Latham Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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