Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Blackburn Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 150th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackburn Road (BB3 0AR) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% lower than the Darwen East average (189.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackburn Road (BB3 0AR), the main crime hotspot is near M65. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackburn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour M65 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B6231 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson M65 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dale View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences M65 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences M65 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences M65 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour M65 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daisyfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daisyfield Street —
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Data Sources

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