Crime Rates at Bottomgate, Blackburn, BB1 3AD

Bottomgate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 15th 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 Bottomgate (BB1 3AD) in the last 12 months was 540.5 per 1,000 residents and was 300.9% higher than the Audley & Queen's Park average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 199.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bottomgate (BB1 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rivington Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skiddaw Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.