Total Crime Rate
1081.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
314.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manner Sutton Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 5th 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 Manner Sutton Street (BB1 5DT) in the last 12 months was 1081.4 per 1,000 residents and was 232.4% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 36.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 314.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manner Sutton Street (BB1 5DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Daisy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Higher Barn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ullswater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Higher Barn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Barn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Trinity | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Trinity | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Trinity | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Trinity | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Mill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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