Total Crime Rate

122.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nansen Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 146th 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 Nansen Road (BB2 2TL) in the last 12 months was 122.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Blackburn Central average (344.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nansen Road (BB2 2TL), the main crime hotspot is near Broomfield Place. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nansen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowen Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grantham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Hill Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pink Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nansen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rutland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip'S Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marsden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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