Briercliffe
WardNorth east Burnley. About 5,615 people in 17 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Briercliffe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Briercliffe compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Briercliffe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Briercliffe at a rate of 58.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 139.0 per 1,000 people across Burnley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Briercliffe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), anti-social behaviour (59) and other crime (41).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Burnley
These figures are published for the whole of Burnley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Burnley and not Briercliffe alone. See Burnley
Briercliffe in brief
Briercliffe had 5,567 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Briercliffe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Briercliffe, 89.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Briercliffe, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.