Crime Rates at Whitehead Street, Blackburn, BB2 1HT

Whitehead Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 164th 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 Whitehead Street (BB2 1HT) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 111.9% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehead Street (BB2 1HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adelaide Terrace (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.