Total Crime Rate
323.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pendle Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 27th 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 Pendle Street (BB12 7EY) in the last 12 months was 323.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.1% higher than the Gawthorpe average (157.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 89.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pendle Street (BB12 7EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 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 | Calder Green Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spa Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Levant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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