Crime Rates at Kingston Place, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0PP

Kingston Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Blackburn South & Lower Darwen , and the 203rd 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 82.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher than the Blackburn South & Lower Darwen average (74.5 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingston Place (BB3 0PP), the main crime hotspot is near Tottenham Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.