Total Crime Rate

98.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birtwistle Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Boulsworth & Foulridge , and the 104th highest crime rate of 298 local areas in Pendle .

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 Birtwistle Avenue (BB8 9RT) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% higher than the Boulsworth & Foulridge average (51.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birtwistle Avenue (BB8 9RT), the main crime hotspot is near Slater Avenue. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birtwistle Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Slater Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birtwistle Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Talbot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Slater Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slater Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slater Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slater Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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