Total Crime Rate
759.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
274.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnes Street area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Huncoat , and the 4th 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 Barnes Street (BB5 6RN) in the last 12 months was 759.4 per 1,000 residents and was 842.5% higher than the Huncoat average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 74.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 274.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnes Street (BB5 6RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croos Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avenue Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sydney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillies Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastgate | Under investigation |
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