Total Crime Rate

350.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 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 350.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 275.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Langwyth Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 20th 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 Langwyth Road (BB10 3JX) in the last 12 months was 350.0 per 1,000 residents and was 158.7% higher than the Brunshaw average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 155.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langwyth Road (BB10 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langwyth Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheddon Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Langwyth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheddon Grove —
Apr 2026Robbery Thieveley View Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sheddon Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chiltern Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Langwyth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arncliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowland Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Langwyth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sheddon Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pleasington Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thieveley View Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thieveley View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thieveley View Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stoneyhurst Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langwyth Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Brunshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Langwyth Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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