Total Crime Rate

540.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 540.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 152.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 125.0 10/10
  • Other theft 84.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.8 8/10
  • Public order 37.2 10/10
  • Other crime 20.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ordnance Street 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 Ordnance Street (BB1 3AE) 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 Ordnance Street (BB1 3AE), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Street. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ordnance Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft William Hopwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Public order Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rivington Close —
Sep 2025Other crime William Hopwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skiddaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selkirk Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rivington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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