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Crime · Darwen
Reported crime in Darwen
3,013 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 107 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,013
Rate / 1,000
107
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,278 | 42% |
| Anti social behaviour | 613 | 20% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 239 | 8% |
| Vehicle crime | 180 | 6% |
| Other theft | 147 | 5% |
| Public order | 141 | 5% |
| Other crime | 95 | 3% |
| Shoplifting | 91 | 3% |
| Burglary | 90 | 3% |
| Drugs | 80 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 35 | 1% |
| Robbery | 14 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 103 | 80 | 112 | 120 | 107 | 92 | 94 | 107 | 122 | 112 | 128 | 101 | 1278 |
| Anti social behaviour | 75 | 81 | 64 | 68 | 47 | 27 | 39 | 39 | 46 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 613 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 23 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 239 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 180 |
| Other theft | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 147 |
| Public order | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 141 |
| Other crime | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 95 |
| Shoplifting | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 91 |
| Burglary | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 90 |
| Drugs | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 80 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 35 | ||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 252 | 222 | 266 | 293 | 249 | 222 | 246 | 245 | 270 | 268 | 242 | 238 | 3013 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Darwen, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 28,121.