Whittlefield & Ightenhill — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Local policing team in the Lancashire Constabulary area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.

All Lancashire Constabulary neighbourhoods

Contact the team

email: burnley.npt@lancashire.police.uk

In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Lancashire Constabulary's online reporting.

Recorded crime — June 2026

21 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.

Compared with May 2026 (21): no change. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences8 · 38%
Vehicle crime4 · 19%
Other theft3 · 14%
Anti-social behaviour2 · 10%
Criminal damage and arson2 · 10%
Other crime2 · 10%

Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.

What happened to reported crimes — June 2026

20 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Unable to prosecute suspect9 · 45%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified5 · 25%
Local resolution3 · 15%
Awaiting court outcome3 · 15%

Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.

Current priorities

Anti- social Behaviour - Burnley Town Centre , Shoplifting - Burnley wide.

We focus on tackling antisocial behaviour (ASB) in Burnley town centre, specifically street drinking outside McDonalds and at the bus station and taxi rank. Work is ongoing with partners to address the offending. Increased patrols and various working groups and meetings have been established in the town centre with a view to reducing ASB and crime. Neighbourhood Policing Teams are refreshing Operation Vulture with a variety of plain clothed and uniformed operations planned to target those shoplifting in Burnley.

Set: 2026-07-01