Total Crime Rate

135.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 135.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 64.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Halifax Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Briercliffe , and the 103rd 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 Halifax Road (BB10 3QZ) in the last 12 months was 135.6 per 1,000 residents and was 104.3% higher than the Briercliffe average (66.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Data Sources

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