Total Crime Rate
1570.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
684.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peter Street area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peter Street (BB2 2HB) in the last 12 months was 1570.9 per 1,000 residents and was 382.9% higher 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 282 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 381 (≈ 684.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peter Street (BB2 2HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 420 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (139 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dandy Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dandy Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dandy Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dandy Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darwen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
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