Total Crime Rate
78.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookhouse Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 219th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brookhouse Lane (BB1 6DZ) in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookhouse Lane (BB1 6DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kendal Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oriole Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swift Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swift Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swift Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ainsworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swallow Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whalley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swift Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Swift Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Mill Street | — |
| 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 | 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 | Brown Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Trinity | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookhouse Lane | Under investigation |
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