Crime Rates at Lower Hazel Close, Blackburn, BB2 1QR

Lower Hazel Close 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 Lower Hazel Close (BB2 1QR) 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 Lower Hazel Close (BB2 1QR), 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.