Total Crime Rate
341.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brownhill Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Brunshaw , and the 21st 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 Brownhill Avenue (BB10 4QJ) in the last 12 months was 341.5 per 1,000 residents and was 152.4% higher than the Brunshaw average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 141.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brownhill Avenue (BB10 4QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Edgworth Grove. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turton Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browsholme Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browsholme Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelburn Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chelburn Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browsholme Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgworth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgworth Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgworth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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