Total Crime Rate
163.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Summerton Walk area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 89th 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 Summerton Walk (BB3 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 163.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower than the Darwen East average (176.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Summerton Walk (BB3 0HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Terrace, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornfield Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lightbown Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Powell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garstang Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garstang Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Powell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Powell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quakerfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quakerfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quakerfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Under investigation |
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