Crime · Burnley

Reported crime in Burnley

Name: Burnley crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

12,995 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 146 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

12,995

Rate / 1,000

146

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,474	34%
Anti social behaviour	2,749	21%
Shoplifting	1,193	9%
Criminal damage and arson	969	7%
Public order	736	6%
Burglary	666	5%
Other theft	637	5%
Vehicle crime	538	4%
Drugs	329	3%
Other crime	314	2%
Possession of weapons	129	1%
Robbery	125	1%
Bicycle theft	77	1%
Theft from the person	59	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	412	352	315	338	314	326	404	348	382	420	458	405	4474
Anti social behaviour	343	349	288	332	249	211	177	133	130	165	181	191	2749
Shoplifting	79	125	111	52	58	94	74	111	136	142	116	95	1193
Criminal damage and arson	85	110	82	77	67	85	68	61	83	92	74	85	969
Public order	55	81	45	72	42	36	44	80	64	56	70	91	736
Burglary	38	56	49	60	58	112	65	47	41	57	47	36	666
Other theft	51	50	53	59	49	50	50	52	53	52	64	54	637
Vehicle crime	46	44	48	64	25	35	31	21	43	48	59	74	538
Drugs	22	29	18	27	32	29	32	17	24	42	27	30	329
Other crime	20	27	26	25	27	32	30	21	29	30	17	30	314
Possession of weapons	21	10	7	15	7	4	11	7	13	11	7	16	129
Robbery	10	8	7	12	7	5	6	6	14	26	10	14	125
Bicycle theft	7	3	5	4	5	5	8	5	11	4	13	7	77
Theft from the person	7		8	6	6	2	4	1	7	6	4	8	59
Total	1196	1244	1062	1143	946	1026	1004	910	1030	1151	1147	1136	12995

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Burnley, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 88,927.