Crime Rates at Bentley Street, Blackburn, BB1 3JT

Bentley Street area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bentley Street (BB1 3JT) in the last 12 months was 88.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bentley Street (BB1 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Worcester Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croston Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.