Total Crime Rate

28.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Cockridge Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 50th lowest 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 Cockridge Avenue (BB2 5FJ) in the last 12 months was 28.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% lower than the Billinge & Beardwood average (50.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockridge Avenue (BB2 5FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Livesey Branch Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cockridge Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harriets Heights Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A6062 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Livesey Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A6062 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Livesey Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larch Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larch Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloudberry Curve Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cloudberry Curve Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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