Crime Rates at Ada Street, Blackburn, BB2 1EL

Ada Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 126th 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 Ada Street (BB2 1EL) in the last 12 months was 135.5 per 1,000 residents and was 167.6% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (50.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ada Street (BB2 1EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adelaide Terrace (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.