Total Crime Rate

343.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 343.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.7 10/10
  • Other theft 27.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.9 10/10
  • Other crime 16.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.4 5/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Curlew Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Curlew Gardens (BB11 5RS) in the last 12 months was 343.1 per 1,000 residents and was 105.9% higher 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 129.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curlew Gardens (BB11 5RS), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Curlew Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Padgate Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Como Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Barclay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barclay Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barclay Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Milbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Padgate Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Orchid Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Valley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Valley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mere Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Padgate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Orchid Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchid Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchid Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Villiers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Johnson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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