Total Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Durham Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 218th 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 Durham Road (BB3 1NN) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% lower than the Darwen East average (189.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durham Road (BB3 1NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Falcon Avenue, where police recorded 52 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 Durham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Falcon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Falcon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crewdson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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