Total Crime Rate

85.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garden Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 145th lowest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Street (BB12 8NP) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Street (BB12 8NP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ightenhill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gawthorpe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wasdale Close —
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ightenhill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hargrove Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gawthorpe Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ightenhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ightenhill Street Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Grove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Darwen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calder Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Copthurst Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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