Total Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brighton 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.
View Crime In Billinge & Beardwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfold Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brighton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dukes Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dukes Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rose Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brighton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Higher Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Higher Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Higher Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfold Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfold Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brighton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brighton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A677 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowood Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dukes Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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