Total Crime Rate
145.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dukes Brow area has the 10th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 109th 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 Dukes Brow (BB2 6DF) in the last 12 months was 145.3 per 1,000 residents and was 198.8% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 105.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dukes Brow (BB2 6DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adelaide Terrace (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shear Brow & Corporation Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranborne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Mews | — |
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