Total Crime Rate

140.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 140.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 72.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Brunshaw Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 101st highest 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 Brunshaw Road (BB10 4HP) in the last 12 months was 140.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunshaw Road (BB10 4HP), 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 Brunshaw Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Applecross Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Applecross Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langwyth Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Langwyth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Langwyth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sheddon Grove —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sheddon Grove 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 Thirlmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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