Postcode sector · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 7
How much crime is recorded in BB1 7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 12,052 (2024)
BB1 7Postcode sector · Blackburn
How safe is BB1 7
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in BB1 7, 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
40.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
99
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 7National
Violence and sexual offences31.823.6
Anti-social behaviour23.110.7
Shoplifting12.88.4
Public order8.94.6
Burglary7.29.1
Other theft6.04.5
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Drugs5.12.4
Vehicle crime5.03.5
Other crime1.61.5
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Robbery1.21.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- BB1 7AF
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- BB1 7HA
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- BB1 7HJ
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- BB1 7JN
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- BB1 7LD
- BB1 7LE
- BB1 7LF
- BB1 7LG