Total Crime Rate

500.0 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

168.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 500.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 227.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 168.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 55.2 8/10
  • Public order 39.9 10/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pump Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 14th 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 Pump Street (BB2 1PG) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.7% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (β‰ˆ 168.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pump Street (BB2 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baldwin Street, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakenhurst Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pump Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arthur Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galligreaves Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Galligreaves Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Galligreaves Way β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlinghurst Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Shaw Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taylor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taylor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order George Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dickinson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dickinson Close β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlinghurst Road β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Ashworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dale Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stonyhurst Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stonyhurst Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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