Total Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maden Fold Bank area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gannow , and the 98th lowest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maden Fold Bank (BB12 6EL) in the last 12 months was 63.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% lower than the Gannow average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maden Fold Bank (BB12 6EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Metcalfe Street, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Street (12 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 | Maden Fold Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Snowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Allendale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | White Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sycamore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sycamore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norfolk Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Snowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lockyer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saltburn Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maden Fold Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maden Fold Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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