Total Crime Rate

196.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 196.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.9 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buncer Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Billinge & Beardwood , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buncer Lane (BB2 6SY) in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 288.8% higher than the Billinge & Beardwood average (50.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 165.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buncer Lane (BB2 6SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broomfield Place, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pleasington Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buncer Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buncer Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rutland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime French Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour French Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rolleston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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