Crime Statistics for Lower Darwen, Oakdale, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 221 street level crime incidents in Lower Darwen 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 Lower Darwen, 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	79
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Other Theft	17
Shoplifting	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Public Order	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Burglary	10
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
All Crime	221

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 Lower Darwen. 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 Lower Darwen

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackburn (1.24 miles)	707
Higher Audley (1.39 miles)	591
Higher Croft (0.62 miles)	399
Chapels (1.39 miles)	260
Lower Darwen	221
Mill Hill (1.39 miles)	189
Ewood (0.62 miles)	182
Earcroft (0.62 miles)	145
Waterloo (1.24 miles)	100
Grimshaw (1.39 miles)	71

Where are the most violent places near Lower Darwen?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackburn	238
Higher Audley	201
Higher Croft	142
Chapels	85
Lower Darwen	79
Mill Hill	75
Ewood	65
Waterloo	44
Earcroft	40
Grimshaw	20

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lower Darwen?

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 Lower Darwen 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 Lower Darwen compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Mill Hill & Moorgate	87
2	Darwen East	84
3	Ewood	82
4	Blackburn South East	82
5	Blackburn Central	76
6	Darwen West	74
7	Wensley Fold	69
8	Darwen South	64
9	Blackburn South & Lower Darwen	61
10	Livesey with Pleasington	47
11	West Pennine	40

Which road in Lower Darwen has the highest level of crime?

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