Crime Statistics for Brierfield, Pendle, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brierfield in September 2024. There were a total of 520 incidents. 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 Brierfield, 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	168
Anti Social Behaviour	156
Vehicle Crime	36
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Other Theft	32
Burglary	28
Public Order	16
Other Crime	16
Drugs	16
Shoplifting	8
Possession Of Weapons	8
Robbery	4
All Crime	520

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burnley Lane (1.24 miles)	731
Nelson (1.39 miles)	370
Reedley (0.62 miles)	350
Newbridge (1.39 miles)	290
Little Marsden (0.88 miles)	280
Brierfield	260
Marsden Height (1.24 miles)	219
Harle Syke (1.39 miles)	169
Lomeshaye (0.62 miles)	103
Fence (1.39 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Brierfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Burnley Lane	226
Brierfield	168
Reedley	149
Nelson	136
Little Marsden	96
Newbridge	91
Marsden Height	81
Harle Syke	54
Lomeshaye	35
Fence	1

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

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 Brierfield 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 Brierfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brierfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Brierfield is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bank Hall	98
2	Queensgate	78
3	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	77
4	Lanehead	74
5	Walverden	74
6	Whitefield	70
7	Clover Hill	69
8	Reedley	68
9	Brierfield	64
10	Whittlefield with Ightenhill	56
11	Old Laund Booth	22

Which road in Brierfield has the highest level of crime?

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