Total Crime Rate
588.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clifton Square area has the 6th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 11th 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 Clifton Square (BB12 0QB) in the last 12 months was 588.2 per 1,000 residents and was 253.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 170.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Square (BB12 0QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coal Clough with Deerplay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandygate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Neptune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranmer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gill Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Neptune Street | Under investigation |
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