Total Crime Rate

85.4 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 85.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Radford Bank Gardens area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 208th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Radford Bank Gardens (BB3 2PE) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Radford Bank Gardens (BB3 2PE), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Street. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Radford Bank Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorrock Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Bottom Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Bottom —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Bank Cescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Radfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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