Total Crime Rate

102.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cobden Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bank Hall , and the 136th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

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 Cobden Street (BB10 3BB) in the last 12 months was 102.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Bank Hall average (235.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cobden Street (BB10 3BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Altham Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cobden Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colville Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shackleton Street
Sep 2025Burglary Bromsgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Latham Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinless Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Colbran Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ribblesdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pheasantford Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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