Total Crime Rate
438.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kime Street area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gannow , and the 17th 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 Kime Street (BB12 6RH) in the last 12 months was 438.3 per 1,000 residents and was 220.7% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 15.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 195.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kime Street (BB12 6RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivory Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lark Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wavell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivory Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivory Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivory Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adamson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Franklin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Franklin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coultate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ainslie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbine Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wren Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwark | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Olivant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivant Street | Under investigation |
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