Total Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sunny Bank Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sunny Bank Road (BB2 3ND) in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Bank Road (BB2 3ND), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackburn Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnybank Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Infirmary Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walsh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Infirmary Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sulby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lynthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abraham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Infirmary Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Onchan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Infirmary Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnybank Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tynwald Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynwald Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Infirmary Close | — |
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