Total Crime Rate
540.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hutton 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 Hutton Street (BB1 3BY) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Hutton Street (BB1 3BY), 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.
View Crime In Audley & Queen's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Selkirk Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skiddaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Street | β |
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