Total Crime Rate
146.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Morse Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 93rd 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 Morse Street (BB10 4PB) in the last 12 months was 146.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% higher than the Brunshaw average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morse Street (BB10 4PB), the main crime hotspot is near Mary Towneley Fold. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brunshaw| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Towneley Fold | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycoller Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Slaidburn Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Waddington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waddington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waddington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Waddington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waddington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chipping Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatburn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatburn Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribchester Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wycoller Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatburn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wycoller Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darnley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Towneley Fold | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wycoller Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Towneley Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Towneley Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Towneley Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darnley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleshill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycoller Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wycoller Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleshill Avenue | Under investigation |
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