Total Crime Rate
91.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lansdowne Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 183rd 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 Lansdowne Street (BB2 1UU) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.8% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lansdowne Street (BB2 1UU), the main crime hotspot is near Broomfield Place. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancing Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Witton Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lancaster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordonstoun Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordonstoun Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordonstoun Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broomfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pink Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rolleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rolleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Griffin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Bank | — |
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