Total Crime Rate
72.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillside Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Brierfield East & Clover Hill , and the 149th lowest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillside Avenue (BB10 2NF) in the last 12 months was 72.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% lower than the Brierfield East & Clover Hill average (115.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Avenue (BB10 2NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trinity Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reedley Farm Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reedley Farm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reedley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reedfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennine Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reedley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reedley Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reedley Farm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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