Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mosley Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 198th 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 Mosley Street (BB2 3RX) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% lower than the Blackburn Central average (344.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mosley Street (BB2 3RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pritchard Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southworth 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnybank Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Onchan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | 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 | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mosley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mosley Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitaker Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walsh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnybank Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tynwald Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynwald Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlton Road | Under investigation |
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