Crime Rates at Accrington Road, Burnley, BB11 4AB

Accrington Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 12th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Accrington Road (BB11 4AB) in the last 12 months was 628.5 per 1,000 residents and was 231.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 226.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Accrington Road (BB11 4AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranmer Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnley Barracks (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.