Total Crime Rate
189.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanley Range area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 65th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stanley Range (BB2 4DF) in the last 12 months was 189.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% lower than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Range (BB2 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Hill Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Field Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonsall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonsall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Angela Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grantham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorrock Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayflower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Field Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Whalley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henry Whalley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brothers Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penzance Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brothers Street | Offender given a caution |
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