Total Crime Rate
320.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stewart Street 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 Stewart Street (BB11 3EY) 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 Stewart Street (BB11 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Smalley Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarence Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smalley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smalley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smalley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tarleton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smalley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Outwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fair View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | May Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | May Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | May Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarleton Street | Under investigation |
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