Total Crime Rate
141.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ivory Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gannow , and the 100th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ivory Street (BB12 6RQ) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ivory Street (BB12 6RQ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Burglary | Ainslie 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 | Other theft | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.