Total Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hathaway Fold area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 114th highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hathaway Fold (BB12 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% lower than the Gawthorpe average (157.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hathaway Fold (BB12 7EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 41 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Levant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spa Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Altham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Altham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockbridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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