Postcode sector · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 6
How much crime is recorded in BB1 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 12,423 (2024)
BB1 6Postcode sector · Blackburn
How safe is BB1 6
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in BB1 6, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
38.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
94
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 6National
Violence and sexual offences31.623.6
Anti-social behaviour20.410.7
Shoplifting11.98.4
Public order8.54.6
Burglary7.19.1
Criminal damage and arson6.34.7
Other theft5.24.5
Drugs4.82.4
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Other crime1.81.5
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Robbery1.01.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
Look up another area
Postcodes in this sector
- BB1 6AD
- BB1 6AF
- BB1 6AR
- BB1 6AS
- BB1 6AY
- BB1 6BB
- BB1 6BE
- BB1 6BH
- BB1 6DG
- BB1 6DJ
- BB1 6DN
- BB1 6DR
- BB1 6DS
- BB1 6DW
- BB1 6DX
- BB1 6DY
- BB1 6DZ
- BB1 6EA
- BB1 6EE
- BB1 6EH
- BB1 6EL
- BB1 6EN
- BB1 6EP
- BB1 6ER
- BB1 6ET
- BB1 6EU
- BB1 6EW
- BB1 6EY
- BB1 6HA
- BB1 6HL
- BB1 6HN
- BB1 6JQ
- BB1 6JR
- BB1 6JS
- BB1 6JT
- BB1 6JU
- BB1 6JW
- BB1 6JY
- BB1 6JZ
- BB1 6LB
- BB1 6LD
- BB1 6LE
- BB1 6LF
- BB1 6LG
- BB1 6LH
- BB1 6LL
- BB1 6LN
- BB1 6LP