Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hufling Lane area has the 34th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 88th 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 Hufling Lane (BB11 3QH) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% lower than the Coal Clough with Deerplay average (166.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hufling Lane (BB11 3QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Smalley Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dall Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coal Clough with Deerplay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingreave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foxglove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tarleton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Outwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Outwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Smalley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Smalley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hollin Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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