Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 3NB
How much crime is recorded in BB1 3NB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadfield & Knuzden
- Council
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,638 (2024)
BB1 3NBBlackburn
How safe is BB1 3NB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 3NB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BB1 3NBNational
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Burglary6.59.1
Anti-social behaviour5.810.7
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Public order2.24.6
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other theft1.64.5
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs0.92.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.