Total Crime Rate

294.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 294.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 148.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

Commercial Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 28th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (BB3 0DB) in the last 12 months was 294.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% higher 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (BB3 0DB), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anchor Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anchor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anchor Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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