Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bendwood Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Gawthorpe , and the 77th lowest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bendwood Close (BB12 8RT) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bendwood Close (BB12 8RT), 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.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bendwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hapton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hapton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hapton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grove Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spa Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterside Mews | Under investigation |
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