Crime Rates at Higher Croft Cottages, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0QS

Higher Croft Cottages area has the 7th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Audley & Queen's Park , and the 19th 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 Higher Croft Cottages (BB3 0QS) in the last 12 months was 401.6 per 1,000 residents and was 197.9% higher than the Audley & Queen's Park average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Croft Cottages (BB3 0QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Levens Close, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmbrook Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.