Total Crime Rate
250.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunshaw Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brunshaw Road (BB10 3HX) in the last 12 months was 250.9 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% higher than the Brunshaw average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunshaw Road (BB10 3HX), the main crime hotspot is near Waddington Avenue. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sheddon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thieveley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gisburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoneyhurst Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pleasington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thieveley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thieveley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Paythorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thieveley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chiltern Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunshaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paythorne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roughlee Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waddington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheddon Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waddington Avenue | — |
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