Crime Rates at Lawrence Avenue, Burnley, BB11 5LW

Lawrence Avenue area has the 31st highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 73rd 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 Lawrence Avenue (BB11 5LW) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrence Avenue (BB11 5LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harold Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heather Bank (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.