Police-recorded · Blackburn with Darwen · Lancashire Constabulary
Violence and sexual offences in Blackburn with Darwen
12 months to June 2026
41.9per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 6,869 violence and sexual offences offences in Blackburn with Darwen in the 12 months to June 2026, up 6.4% (412) on the previous 12 months. That is 41.9 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 163,801
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
1,323 (partial)
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June 2012
1,937
13.0
2012
June 2013
1,960
13.1
2013
June 2014
2,230
14.9
2014
June 2015
2,568
17.1
2015
June 2016
3,174
21.0
2016
June 2017
3,834
25.2
2017
June 2018
5,852
38.3
2018
June 2019
6,910
44.9
2019
June 2020
6,056
39.2
2020
June 2021
6,880
44.4
2021
June 2022
7,256
46.5
2022
June 2023
6,296
39.7
2023
June 2024
6,416
39.7
2024
June 2025
6,457
39.4
2025
June 2026
6,869
41.9
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.