Total Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mosley 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mosley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnybank Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pritchard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pritchard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sulby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meta Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Onchan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lynthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abraham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pritchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Highfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyndhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyndhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyndhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mosley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mosley Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pritchard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyndhurst Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Pritchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitaker Drive β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnybank Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tynwald Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynwald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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