Crime Statistics for Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Harle Syke in September 2024. There were a total of 169 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 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime54
Anti Social Behaviour47
Other Theft14
Vehicle Crime12
Criminal Damage Arson9
Public Order8
Drugs6
Burglary6
Shoplifting5
Other Crime4
Theft From The Person2
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime169

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Burnley Lane (1.39 miles)731
Nelson (1.24 miles)370
Reedley (1.24 miles)350
Little Marsden (1.39 miles)280
Brierfield (1.39 miles)260
Marsden Height (0.62 miles)219
Harle Syke169
Lane Bottom (0.62 miles)69
Cockden (0.88 miles)62
Haggate (0.62 miles)41

3.09%
of Briercliffe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Burnley Lane226
Brierfield168
Reedley149
Nelson136
Little Marsden96
Marsden Height81
Harle Syke54
Cockden32
Lane Bottom24
Haggate13

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.

#WardScore
1Bank Hall98
2Brunshaw79
3Queensgate78
4Daneshouse with Stoneyholme77
5Lanehead74
6Walverden74
7Clover Hill69
8Reedley68
9Brierfield64
10Briercliffe44
11Cliviger with Worsthorne22

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.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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