Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Duckworth 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 Duckworth Street (BB2 2JQ) 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 Duckworth Street (BB2 2JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenhurst Close (22 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamlet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pearson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bethesda Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roebuck Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galligreaves Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galligreaves Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galligreaves Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roebuck Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fawcett Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fawcett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fawcett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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