Total Crime Rate

25.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Hillside Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Darwen South , and the 41st 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 Hillside Avenue (BB3 2PJ) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower than the Darwen South average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillside Avenue (BB3 2PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Springfield Street. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillside Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Radfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shepherd Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Bank Cescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorrock Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashton Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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