Total Crime Rate

128.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 62.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 39.8 7/10
  • Public order 31.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Robbery 8.9 8/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Banbury Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 129th 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 Banbury Close (BB2 5AY) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 163.8% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 246.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Banbury Close (BB2 5AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Banbury Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Lane (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Banbury Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keswick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Banbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keswick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keswick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keswick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keswick Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holly Tree Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tetbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Banbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Banbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Banbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Banbury Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Banbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Banbury Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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