Total Crime Rate
2873.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1211.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warner Street area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnfield , and the highest crime rate of 268 local areas in Hyndburn .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warner Street (BB5 1HN) in the last 12 months was 2873.4 per 1,000 residents and was 908.0% higher than the Barnfield average (285.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 287 (≈ 1211.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warner Street (BB5 1HN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Willow Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Croos Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Croos Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Birch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croos Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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