Crime Statistics for Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 159 street level crime incidents in Harle Syke in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harle Syke, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	68
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Shoplifting	19
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Burglary	9
Other Theft	8
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	159

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Harle Syke. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Harle Syke

We've taken the ten nearest places to Harle Syke and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Harle Syke has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnley Lane (1.39 miles)	535
Nelson (1.24 miles)	293
Little Marsden (1.39 miles)	231
Marsden Height (0.62 miles)	218
Reedley (1.24 miles)	191
Harle Syke	159
Brierfield (1.39 miles)	140
Lane Bottom (0.62 miles)	39
Haggate (0.62 miles)	39
Cockden (0.88 miles)	31

Where are the most violent places near Harle Syke?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Harle Syke and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Burnley Lane	144
Nelson	113
Marsden Height	95
Little Marsden	93
Harle Syke	68
Reedley	66
Brierfield	64
Lane Bottom	15
Haggate	15
Cockden	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Harle Syke?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Harle Syke to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Harle Syke compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Harle Syke and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Harle Syke is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bank Hall	98
2	Brunshaw	79
3	Queensgate	78
4	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	77
5	Lanehead	74
6	Walverden	74
7	Clover Hill	69
8	Reedley	68
9	Brierfield	64
10	Briercliffe	44
11	Cliviger with Worsthorne	22

Which road in Harle Syke has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Harle Syke with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.