Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 34.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackburn Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 196th 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 Blackburn Road (BB3 1QJ) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% lower than the Darwen East average (176.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackburn Road (BB3 1QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Falcon Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Blackburn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brighton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Pitville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melrose Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lorne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crewdson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Preston Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Argyle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Snape Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Avondale Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oldfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falcon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Argyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Pitville Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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