Total Crime Rate

320.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 320.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 123.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 100.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 29.4 7/10
  • Burglary 20.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Woodgrove Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 25th 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 Woodgrove Road (BB11 3EL) in the last 12 months was 320.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodgrove Road (BB11 3EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodgrove Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitella Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smalley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitella Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tarleton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tarleton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Linby Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smalley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smalley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Linden Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Linden Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Linden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smalley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Outwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitella Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Higgin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitella Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitella Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitella Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fair View Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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