Total Crime Rate
114.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Kilns area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Kilns (BB11 2RW) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Kilns (BB11 2RW), the main crime hotspot is near Priory Court. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 18 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 | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollin Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brooklands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brooklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Kilns | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priory Court | Under investigation |
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