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/

13,041 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 147 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,041

Rate / 1,000

147

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,531	35%
Anti social behaviour	2,556	20%
Shoplifting	1,279	10%
Criminal damage and arson	953	7%
Public order	761	6%
Burglary	702	5%
Other theft	658	5%
Vehicle crime	572	4%
Other crime	333	3%
Drugs	318	2%
Robbery	128	1%
Possession of weapons	113	1%
Bicycle theft	76	1%
Theft from the person	61	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	315	338	314	326	404	348	382	420	458	405	451	370	4531
Anti social behaviour	288	332	249	211	177	133	130	165	181	191	255	244	2556
Shoplifting	111	52	58	94	74	111	136	142	116	95	144	146	1279
Criminal damage and arson	82	77	67	85	68	61	83	92	74	85	78	101	953
Public order	45	72	42	36	44	80	64	56	70	91	79	82	761
Burglary	49	60	58	112	65	47	41	57	47	36	71	59	702
Other theft	53	59	49	50	50	52	53	52	64	54	63	59	658
Vehicle crime	48	64	25	35	31	21	43	48	59	74	61	63	572
Other crime	26	25	27	32	30	21	29	30	17	30	40	26	333
Drugs	18	27	32	29	32	17	24	42	27	30	22	18	318
Robbery	7	12	7	5	6	6	14	26	10	14	11	10	128
Possession of weapons	7	15	7	4	11	7	13	11	7	16	9	6	113
Bicycle theft	5	4	5	5	8	5	11	4	13	7	5	4	76
Theft from the person	8	6	6	2	4	1	7	6	4	8	6	3	61
Total	1062	1143	946	1026	1004	910	1030	1151	1147	1136	1295	1191	13041

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