Total Crime Rate

19.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.0 2/10
  • Violent crimes 7.1 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.1 2/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brighton Terrace area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brighton Terrace (BB2 6LA) in the last 12 months was 19.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Terrace (BB2 6LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brighton Terrace, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dukes Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfold Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brighton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Manor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dukes Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dukes Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Rose Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Higher Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Higher Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Higher Bank Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Higher Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Higher Bank Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfold Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfold Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brighton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brighton Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A677 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whinfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowood Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dukes Court Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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