Total Crime Rate

257.1 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 257.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.1 10/10
  • Other theft 19.1 9/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cross Barn Grove area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Darwen South , and the 43rd 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 Cross Barn Grove (BB3 2BA) in the last 12 months was 257.1 per 1,000 residents and was 275.7% higher than the Darwen South average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Barn Grove (BB3 2BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Melita Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Barn Grove (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Barn Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gadfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brandwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Progress Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philip Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turncroft Road —
Sep 2025Public order Tower Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lily Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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