Crime Statistics for Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 424 street level crime incidents in Burnley Lane in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	121
Violent Crime	118
Shoplifting	71
Public Order	24
Other Theft	23
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Burglary	14
Drugs	12
Vehicle Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Other Crime	5
Robbery	3
All Crime	424

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burnley Lane. 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 Burnley Lane

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnley (1.39 miles)	529
Burnley Lane	424
Brunshaw (1.39 miles)	404
Burnley Wood (1.86 miles)	251
Marsden Height (1.75 miles)	196
Reedley (0.62 miles)	191
Harle Syke (1.39 miles)	140
Brownside (1.75 miles)	115
Brierfield (1.24 miles)	98
Cockden (1.86 miles)	42

Where are the most violent places near Burnley Lane?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Burnley	153
Brunshaw	124
Burnley Lane	118
Burnley Wood	82
Marsden Height	72
Reedley	66
Harle Syke	53
Brownside	49
Brierfield	36
Cockden	16

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Burnley Lane?

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 Burnley Lane 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 Burnley Lane compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burnley Lane and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Burnley Lane is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Trinity	98
2	Bank Hall	98
3	Gannow	83
4	Rosehill with Burnley Wood	82
5	Brunshaw	79
6	Queensgate	78
7	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	77
8	Lanehead	74
9	Reedley	68
10	Whittlefield with Ightenhill	56
11	Briercliffe	44

Which road in Burnley Lane has the highest level of crime?

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