Total Crime Rate

163.0 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 163.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.6 9/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle 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

Hodder Grove area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 97th 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 Hodder Grove (BB3 0JP) in the last 12 months was 163.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Darwen East average (189.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hodder Grove (BB3 0JP), the main crime hotspot is near Hodder Grove. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hodder Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duddon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marabou Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mersey Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mersey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mersey Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mostyn Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ribble Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodder Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyre Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haldane Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyre Crescent —
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Data Sources

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