Total Crime Rate
174.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chipping Grove area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 79th 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 Chipping Grove (BB10 4PA) in the last 12 months was 174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 77.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chipping Grove (BB10 4PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chatburn Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belmont Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roughlee Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunshaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Paythorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paythorne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paythorne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roughlee Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gisburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleshill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darnley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darnley Street | Under investigation |
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