Total Crime Rate
258.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bivel Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gannow , and the 36th 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 Bivel Street (BB12 0PN) in the last 12 months was 258.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% higher than the Gannow average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 143.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bivel Street (BB12 0PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clare Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penistone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penistone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shale Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Spa Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Street | Under investigation |
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