Total Crime Rate
628.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
226.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 12th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Street (BB12 0RE) in the last 12 months was 628.5 per 1,000 residents and was 231.9% higher 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 226.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Street (BB12 0RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranmer Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Way (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hattersley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cranmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Willow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Willow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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