Total Crime Rate

214.0 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 214.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.5 6/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cross Bank area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 52nd 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 Cross Bank (BB12 8QD) in the last 12 months was 214.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher than the Gawthorpe average (157.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (β‰ˆ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Bank (BB12 8QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oat Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Bank area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calder Green Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockbridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spa Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fountain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Villiers Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cardwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spenser Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stockbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hapton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Levant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morley Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheat Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hapton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterside Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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