Total Crime Rate

144.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 144.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bolton Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 114th 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 Bolton Road (BB2 4HU) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 58.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolton Road (BB2 4HU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bolton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Orchard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Velvet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Velvet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Vincent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Isherwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Isherwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Isherwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Velvet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marlton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Calico Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aqueduct Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calico Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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