Crime Statistics for Higher Audley, Blackburn, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 591 street level crime incidents in Higher Audley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Higher Audley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	201
Anti Social Behaviour	119
Shoplifting	101
Other Theft	38
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	31
Vehicle Crime	23
Burglary	18
Drugs	10
Possession Of Weapons	7
Robbery	6
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	591

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Higher Audley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Higher Audley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Higher Audley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Higher Audley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackburn (0.62 miles)	707
Brookhouse (0.88 miles)	672
Higher Audley	591
Little Harwood (1.24 miles)	415
Higher Croft (0.88 miles)	399
Four Lane End (1.75 miles)	376
Intack (0.88 miles)	320
Lower Darwen (1.39 miles)	221
Ewood (1.75 miles)	182
Knuzden Brook (1.24 miles)	156

Where are the most violent places near Higher Audley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Higher Audley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackburn	238
Brookhouse	210
Higher Audley	201
Higher Croft	142
Little Harwood	124
Four Lane End	115
Intack	105
Lower Darwen	79
Ewood	65
Knuzden Brook	54

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Higher Audley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Higher Audley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Higher Audley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Higher Audley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Higher Audley is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Mill Hill & Moorgate	87
2	Ewood	82
3	Blackburn South East	82
4	Blackburn Central	76
5	Wensley Fold	69
6	Audley & Queen's Park	69
7	Little Harwood & Whitebirk	62
8	Shear Brow & Corporation Park	61
9	Blackburn South & Lower Darwen	61
10	Bastwell & Daisyfield	54
11	West Pennine	40

Which road in Higher Audley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Higher Audley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Soulby Close.