Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 6LR
How much crime is recorded in BB1 6LR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Little Harwood
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,980 (2024)
How safe is BB1 6LR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 6LR area, broadly in line with 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
33.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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 6LRNational
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Anti-social behaviour5.810.7
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Public order2.64.6
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Other theft2.44.5
Drugs1.82.4
Other crime1.61.5
Burglary0.99.1
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.