Total Crime Rate

117.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Limes Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 157th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Limes Avenue (BB3 2SG) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limes Avenue (BB3 2SG), 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 Limes Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Stansfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorrock Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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