Crime Rates at Canterbury Street, Blackburn, BB2 2HP

Canterbury Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 16th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Canterbury Street (BB2 2HP) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 169.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canterbury Street (BB2 2HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Astley Gate (85 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.