Crime Rates at Bridge Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4LY

Bridge Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Rishton , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 269 local areas in Hyndburn .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge Street (BB1 4LY) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Rishton average (126.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridge Street (BB1 4LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stourton Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.