Total Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Taylor Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 149th 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 Taylor Close (BB2 2LU) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Taylor Close (BB2 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baldwin Street, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roebuck Close (19 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Perth Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| 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 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickinson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickinson Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickinson Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hancock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bethesda Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatley Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatley Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heatley Close | β |
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