Crime Statistics for Lower Darwen, Oakdale, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Darwen, Oakdale

There were a total of 206 street level crime incidents in Lower Darwen in January 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime79
Anti Social Behaviour49
Vehicle Crime21
Criminal Damage Arson14
Other Theft11
Public Order10
Shoplifting8
Burglary5
Drugs4
Other Crime2
Robbery1
Bicycle Theft1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime206

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackburn (1.24 miles)636
Higher Audley (1.39 miles)526
Higher Croft (0.62 miles)410
Chapels (1.39 miles)225
Lower Darwen206
Mill Hill (1.39 miles)168
Ewood (0.62 miles)136
Grimshaw (1.39 miles)123
Earcroft (0.62 miles)120
Waterloo (1.24 miles)89

9.78%
of Darwen East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackburn205
Higher Audley171
Higher Croft148
Chapels96
Lower Darwen79
Mill Hill71
Ewood59
Earcroft47
Grimshaw42
Waterloo41

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.

#WardScore
1Mill Hill & Moorgate87
2Darwen East84
3Ewood82
4Blackburn South East82
5Blackburn Central76
6Darwen West74
7Wensley Fold69
8Darwen South64
9Blackburn South & Lower Darwen61
10Livesey with Pleasington47
11West Pennine40

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.

Last updated: January 2024
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