Crime Rates at Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, BB11 5BS

Coal Clough Lane area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 128th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coal Clough Lane (BB11 5BS) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 80.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coal Clough Lane (BB11 5BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cog Lane, where police recorded 51 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.