Total Crime Rate

120.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 116th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (BB11 3AL) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (BB11 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brooklands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Strange Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strange Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooklands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brooklands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Burton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour May Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour May Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences May Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stoney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laurel Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsland Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stewart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smalley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stewart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Somerset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkinson Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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