Total Crime Rate

229.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 229.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 83.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.2 6/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 51st highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (BB2 1HG) in the last 12 months was 229.7 per 1,000 residents and was 353.6% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (50.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (β‰ˆ 92.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode BB2 1HG, 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.

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Crime Over Time in BB2 1HG area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakenhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakenhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakenhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakenhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakenhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melville Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oakenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hope Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hope Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Higson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnyhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnyhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oakenhurst Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cutler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heyhurst Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Heyhurst Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Heyhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakenhurst Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyhurst Road β€”

Data Sources

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