Total Crime Rate

113.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 53.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Essex 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 Essex Close (BB2 2LW) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Essex Close (BB2 2LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellington Road, where police recorded 41 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.

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Crime Over Time in Essex Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roebuck Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Avon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Exeter Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exeter Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exeter Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roebuck Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grafton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taylor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taylor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foundry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Taylor Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dickinson Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Taylor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bethesda Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taylor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Galligreaves Way —
Apr 2026Public order Galligreaves Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heatley Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heatley Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heatley Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fawcett Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fawcett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fawcett Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galligreaves Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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