Total Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hannah Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Darwen South , and the 144th lowest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hannah Street (BB3 2AQ) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% lower than the Darwen South average (62.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hannah Street (BB3 2AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Church Bank Street. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Entwistle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starkie Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Starkie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
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