Total Crime Rate

152.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 152.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Cavendish Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 105th 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 Cavendish Street (BB3 1EP) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% lower than the Darwen East average (189.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Street (BB3 1EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Higher Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Argyle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Argyle Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Argyle Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snape Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snape Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Snape Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heyfold Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heyfold Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Higher Clarence Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Higher Clarence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway Street —
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Data Sources

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