The overall crime rate in Blackburn city is 120.2 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 5.1k crimes were violent crimes which is 33.5% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 115% of national crime rate. Other crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 28.9% over the last twelve months.The category of "antisocial behaviour crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Antisocial behaviour crime" rate is at 199% of national crime rate which puts Blackburn on 7. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Antisocial behaviour crime" makes up 26.3% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "antisocial behaviour crime" is 4.0k cases and has decreased by 4.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 33.5% | 36. lowest | 115% | 5.1k | 7.7% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 26.3% | 7. highest | 199% | 4.0k | -4.5% |
Shoplifting crime | 7.2% | 18. lowest | 104% | 1.1k | -11.0% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 6.9% | 37. lowest | 108% | 1.1k | -1.8% |
Vehicle crime | 5.6% | 42. highest | 112% | 864 | 14.9% |
Other theft crime | 5.3% | 20. lowest | 86% | 817 | -7.3% |
Public order crime | 5.1% | 9. lowest | 84% | 776 | 11.3% |
Burglary crime | 3.2% | 42. lowest | 91% | 490 | 13.7% |
Other crime | 2.2% | 42. highest | 128% | 339 | 28.9% |
Drugs crime | 2.1% | 28. lowest | 86% | 320 | 23.1% |
Possession of weapons crime | 1.0% | 49. lowest | 135% | 159 | 3.9% |
Robbery crime | 0.7% | 32. lowest | 67% | 112 | 20.4% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.4% | 10. lowest | 19% | 58 | -19.4% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.3% | 3. lowest | 34% | 43 | -25.9% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Blackburn city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Blackburn city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 31.6 | 15.9 |
Bicycle theft | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 8.3 | 7.7 |
Drugs | 2.5 | 2.9 |
Other crime | 2.7 | 2.1 |
Other theft | 6.4 | 7.4 |
Possession of weapons | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Public order | 6.1 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 8.7 | 8.4 |
Theft from the person | 0.5 | 2.4 |
Vehicle crime | 6.8 | 6.1 |
Violent crime | 40.3 | 35.1 |