Total Crime Rate
694.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
283.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough 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 Marlborough Street (BB11 2HW) 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 Marlborough Street (BB11 2HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reed Street (31 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 | Reed Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rumley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rumley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rumley Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reed Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Healey Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Healey Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Healey Wood Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Healey Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
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