Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 82.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 49.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Other crime 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Swinless Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bank Hall , and the 140th lowest 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 Swinless Street (BB10 3BN) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swinless Street (BB10 3BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edmund Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ferndale Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swinless Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Latham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thursby Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haydock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Cobden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Latham Street —
Apr 2026Public order Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ribblesdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Latham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latham Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Walpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushworth Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bracewell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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