Total Crime Rate

1703.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1703.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 518.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 479.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 271.1 10/10
  • Public order 127.5 10/10
  • Other theft 73.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 66.4 10/10
  • Drugs 57.5 10/10
  • Burglary 30.5 10/10
  • Robbery 21.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.0 10/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
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

Strawberry Bank area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 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 Strawberry Bank (BB2 6AA) in the last 12 months was 1703.8 per 1,000 residents and was 394.3% higher 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 289 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 382 (≈ 685.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strawberry Bank (BB2 6AA), the main crime hotspot is near Barton Street. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Strawberry Bank area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Limbrick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balaclava Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bicknell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardwell Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Bold Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Barton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willoughby Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limbrick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limbrick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Altom Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Limbrick Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Feilden Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Feilden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Feilden Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Feilden Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highbury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrew'S Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Limbrick Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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