Total Crime Rate
171.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rutland Place area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 81st 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 Rutland Place (BB12 7EA) in the last 12 months was 171.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% higher than the Gawthorpe average (149.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rutland Place (BB12 7EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jubilee Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abingdon Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lancaster Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wytham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inglewhite Fold | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inglewhite Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
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