Total Crime Rate
208.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bute Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 57th 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 Bute Road (BB1 2JD) in the last 12 months was 208.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 86.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bute Road (BB1 2JD), the main crime hotspot is near Dunoon Drive. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackburn South East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballantrae Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunoon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dunoon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballantrae Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayr Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dunoon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arran Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunoon Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunoon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dunoon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glenluce Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenluce Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenluce Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunoon Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunoon Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dunoon Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skye Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ballantrae Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ballantrae Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portree Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bute Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Largs Road | — |
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