Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 5RY
How much crime is recorded in BB1 5RY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Roe Lee, Brownhill & Sunnybower
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,619 (2024)
BB1 5RYBlackburn
How safe is BB1 5RY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 5RY 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
18.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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 5RYNational
Violence and sexual offences8.923.6
Burglary8.69.1
Vehicle crime6.93.5
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Drugs1.62.4
Public order1.14.6
Other theft0.94.5
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 24% 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.