Total Crime Rate
192.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Head Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Ewood , and the 63rd 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 Meadow Head Close (BB2 4TY) in the last 12 months was 192.9 per 1,000 residents and was 56.7% higher than the Ewood average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Head Close (BB2 4TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Foxstones Crescent, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Railton Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mill Hill & Moorgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxstones Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurstwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fielding Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fielding Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fielding Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Head Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Head Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorrock Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Foxstones Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxstones Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hurstwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Railton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Whalley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henry Whalley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brothers Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurstwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dalby Crescent | Under investigation |
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