Crime Statistics for Thursden Brook, Burnley, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Thursden Brook in August 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Thursden Brook, 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	1
All Crime	1

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Nelson (2.97 miles)	416
Church Clough (3 miles)	261
Marsden Height (2.72 miles)	231
Harle Syke (2.61 miles)	167
Brownside (3.1 miles)	132
Cockden (2.03 miles)	62
Lane Bottom (1.99 miles)	39
Haggate (1.99 miles)	39
Hollin Hall (2.11 miles)	13
Thursden Brook	1

Where are the most violent places near Thursden Brook?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Nelson	135
Church Clough	124
Marsden Height	84
Harle Syke	43
Brownside	43
Cockden	32
Haggate	24
Lane Bottom	13
Hollin Hall	2
Thursden Brook	1

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

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 Thursden Brook 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 Thursden Brook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Thursden Brook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Thursden Brook have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Cliviger with Worsthorne.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southfield	79
2	Brunshaw	79
3	Bradley	76
4	Lanehead	74
5	Walverden	74
6	Whitefield	70
7	Clover Hill	69
8	Marsden	68
9	Brierfield	64
10	Briercliffe	44
11	Cliviger with Worsthorne	22

Which road in Thursden Brook has the highest level of crime?

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