Total Crime Rate
177.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosie Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 76th 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 Rosie Close (BB12 8ET) in the last 12 months was 177.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -32.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 76.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosie Close (BB12 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosie Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Anne'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Anne'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calder Green Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cotton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gawthorpe Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gawthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
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