Total Crime Rate
401.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitehaven Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 19th 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 Whitehaven Close (BB2 3TZ) in the last 12 months was 401.6 per 1,000 residents and was 197.9% higher than the Audley & Queen's Park average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehaven Close (BB2 3TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Levens Close, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ravenglass Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Audley & Queen's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenglass Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Levens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carnforth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenglass Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnforth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broughton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seascale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehaven Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnforth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehaven Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Levens Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Levens Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Levens Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulverston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Levens Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Levens Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ermine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodsend Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulverston Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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