Total Crime Rate

136.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 136.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 66.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beaconsfield Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Barnfield , and the 91st highest crime rate of 268 local areas in Hyndburn .

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 Beaconsfield Street (BB5 2AE) in the last 12 months was 136.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower than the Barnfield average (285.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beaconsfield Street (BB5 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beaconsfield Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Bertha Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adelaide Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mansion Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillies Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillies Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gillies Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Holly Bank Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bertha Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bertha Street Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bertha Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gillies Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Oswald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Plantation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Plantation Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansion Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hodder Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oak Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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