Total Crime Rate
267.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Accrington Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 35th 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 Accrington Road (BB11 5AE) in the last 12 months was 267.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% higher than the Coal Clough with Deerplay average (166.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Accrington Road (BB11 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elgin Crescent (22 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 | Tennyson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bruce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elgin Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Perth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A679 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kinross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kinross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arran Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arran Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kinross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Swindon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elgin Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lanark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Smirthwaite Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hudson Street | Under investigation |
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