Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lawn Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bank Hall , and the 148th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lawn Street (BB10 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lawn Street (BB10 3AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Altham Street, where police recorded 23 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Green Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Escott Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hebrew Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birley Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeck Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ardwick Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribblesdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Altham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Devonshire Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Travis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pheasantford Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ribblesdale Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasantford Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
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