Total Crime Rate
387.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grimshaw Park area has the 11th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 23rd 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 Grimshaw Park (BB2 3AG) in the last 12 months was 387.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 101.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grimshaw Park (BB2 3AG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 290 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Ann'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honey Hole | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobourg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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