Crime Rates at Marsden Street, Blackburn, BB2 2RS

Marsden Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marsden Street (BB2 2RS) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marsden Street (BB2 2RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanley Range, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Field Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.