Total Crime Rate
148.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walshaw Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bank Hall , and the 96th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Walshaw Street (BB10 3AL) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% lower than the Bank Hall average (214.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 94.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walshaw Street (BB10 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colne Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bar Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hebrew Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Green Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pheasantford Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Escott Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromsgrove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bromsgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Altham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribblesdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ardwick Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ribblesdale Street | Offender given a caution |
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