Crime Rates at Progress Street, Darwen, BB3 2DT

Progress Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 151st highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Progress Street (BB3 2DT) in the last 12 months was 119.4 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Progress Street (BB3 2DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sudell Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Two Gates Drive (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.