Total Crime Rate
1273.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
291.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Audley Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Audley Street (BB1 1DG) in the last 12 months was 1273.3 per 1,000 residents and was 291.4% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 200 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 291.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Audley Street (BB1 1DG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 304 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mayson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dandy Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dandy Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dandy Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pilkington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pilkington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pilkington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pilkington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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