Crime Rate in Audley & Queen's Park, ward

Audley & Queen's Park has the 4th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Blackburn with Darwen district and the 851st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 81st highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Audley & Queen's Park in the last 12 months was 134.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Blackburn with Darwen district average (125.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Audley & Queen's Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 636 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 34.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 764 (≈ 62.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Audley & Queen's Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.