Total Crime Rate
514.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stansfeld Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 16th 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 Stansfeld Street (BB2 2NH) in the last 12 months was 514.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% higher than the Blackburn Central average (344.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 318.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (β 159.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stansfeld Street (BB2 2NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baldwin Street, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Taylor Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Witton Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chicken Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chicken Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Top | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chicken Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shakespeare Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shakespeare Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chicken Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stansfeld Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Norman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Witton Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witton Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Montrose Street | Under investigation |
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