Total Crime Rate
694.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
283.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cooper Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 10th 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 Cooper Street (BB11 2HF) in the last 12 months was 694.9 per 1,000 residents and was 266.9% higher than the Coal Clough with Deerplay average (189.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 283.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooper Street (BB11 2HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bull Street, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bull Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
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