Every crime in Blackburn with Darwen in April 2023 mapped

Data from police.uk shows 1,602 crimes were committed in the borough in April, with violence and sexual offences again topping the list despite showing a decrease in numbers.

The overall total of crimes decreased by 5.37 per cent from March, when there were 1,693 crimes committed.

READ MORE: Every crime in Blackburn with Darwen in March 2023 mapped

Using the data, we were able to map exactly where each crime took place within the borough and determine how many instances of each crime there was.

Of the 14 crimes listed in the data, there were five increases, eight decreases, and one stayed the same.

Bicycle theft saw the biggest percentage increase, going up by 250 per cent from two instances in March to seven in April.

Possession of weapons registered the biggest percentage decrease, going from 22 in March to just eight in April.

The remaining crimes changed as follows:

• Anti-social behaviour – 466 (Mar) – 472 (Apr) – up 1.28 per cent
• Criminal damage and arson – 127 (Mar) – 136 (Apr) – up 7.08 per cent
• Drugs – 33 (Mar) – 19 (Apr) – down 42.42 per cent
• Violence and sexual offences – 544 (Mar) – 503 (Apr) – down 7.53 per cent
• Other theft – 82 (Mar) – 86 (Apr) – up 4.87 per cent
• Public order – 76 (Mar) – 69 (Apr) – down 9.21 per cent
• Shoplifting – 146 (Mar) – 114 (Apr) – down 21.91 per cent
• Other crime – 31 (Mar) – 35 (Apr) - up 12.90 per cent
• Vehicle crime – 88 (Mar) – 88 (Apr) – same
• Burglary – 50 (Mar) – 48 (Apr) – down 4 per cent
• Theft from person – 15 (Mar) – 9 (Apr) – down 40 per cent
• Robbery – 11 (Mar) – 8 (Apr) – 27.27 per cent

Three other boroughs in East Lancashire reported decreases in their crime rate, the biggest drop being Ribble Valley’s drop of 13.20 per cent.

Pendle and Rossendale also dropped by 8.66 per cent and 7.84 per cent respectively.

Meanwhile, Burnley posted a small increase of 3.42 per cent, as did Hyndburn which increased by 3.73 per cent.