Total Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatburn Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 194th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chatburn Street (BB2 6NQ) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatburn Street (BB2 6NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holden Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Irene Place (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wensley Fold| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lancaster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheetham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moulding Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheetham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheetham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheetham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cheetham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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