Total Crime Rate

279.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

130.2 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 279.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 130.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 8/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Myrtle Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 31st 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 Myrtle Avenue (BB11 5AH) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 130.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Avenue (BB11 5AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Smirthwaite Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elgin Crescent (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smirthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lanark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Elgin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elgin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smirthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heather Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Elgin Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dunoon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cog Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lanark Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elgin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lanark Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lanark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ballater Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smirthwaite Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smirthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smirthwaite Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Smirthwaite Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Smirthwaite Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elgin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Elgin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stoop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Florence Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Selkirk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Harold Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tiber Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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