Total Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brownside Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Briercliffe , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brownside Road (BB10 3LP) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 56.7% lower than the Briercliffe average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brownside Road (BB10 3LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindsay Park, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heckenhurst Avenue (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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