Crime Rates at Provident Villas, Darwen, BB3 3AL

Provident Villas area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Darwen East , and the 206th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Provident Villas (BB3 3AL) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Provident Villas (BB3 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Garstang Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornfield Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.