Total Crime Rate

1048.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1048.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 475.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 318.6 10/10
  • Public order 56.5 10/10
  • Drugs 44.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.3 7/10
  • Other theft 28.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Foundry Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 6th 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 Foundry Street (BB3 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 1048.4 per 1,000 residents and was 454.8% higher 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 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 536.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foundry Street (BB3 1DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Church Bank Street. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Foundry Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A666 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Bank Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Radfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Arch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Arch Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Bottom Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Joseph Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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