Total Crime Rate
157.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hapton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hapton Road (BB12 7BD) in the last 12 months was 157.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Gawthorpe average (157.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -23.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hapton Road (BB12 7BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterside Mews, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gawthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilding Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockbridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Altham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Green Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Regent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Levant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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