Total Crime Rate

103.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brownhill Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Little Harwood & Whitebirk , and the 183rd 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 Brownhill Road (BB1 9QX) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Little Harwood & Whitebirk average (96.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brownhill Road (BB1 9QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Opal Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brownhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambrian Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Newington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amethyst Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amethyst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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