Total Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Kingston Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Blackburn South & Lower Darwen , and the 166th 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 Kingston Place (BB3 0PP) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% higher than the Blackburn South & Lower Darwen average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingston Place (BB3 0PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandy Lane, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leeward Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingston Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lucia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leeward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millbrook Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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