Total Crime Rate

104.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 59.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Arthur Way area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 160th 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 Arthur Way (BB2 1QP) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arthur Way (BB2 1QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 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 Arthur Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Drugs Dixon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Throstle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Barley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chicken Street
Apr 2026Robbery Chicken Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chicken Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chicken Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
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 2026Public order George Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Roney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Ashworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlinghurst Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakenhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakenhurst Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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