Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.3 3/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Blackburn South & Lower Darwen , and the 215th 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 4LA) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Blackburn South & Lower Darwen average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolton Road (BB2 4LA), the main crime hotspot is near Finsbury Place. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 9 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dale View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finsbury Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferguson Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other crime Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Finsbury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finsbury Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finsbury Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Finsbury Place Offender given penalty notice
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Data Sources

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