Crime Rates at Market Street, Darwen, BB3 1BY

Market Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Street (BB3 1BY) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 68.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (BB3 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Arch Street. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.