Total Crime Rate

143.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 93.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lamlash Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 110th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lamlash Road (BB1 2AS) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% higher than the Audley & Queen's Park average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lamlash Road (BB1 2AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glenluce Crescent, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothesay Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lamlash Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tarbert Crescent Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Public order Rothesay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Ives Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsmead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsmead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lamlash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rothesay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Glenluce Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ballantrae Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenluce Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ballantrae Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ballantrae Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ballantrae Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ayr Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenluce Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portree Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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