Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 8PY
How much crime is recorded in BB1 8PY, 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
- 1,753 (2024)
BB1 8PYBlackburn
How safe is BB1 8PY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 8PY area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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 8PYNational
Violence and sexual offences16.823.6
Vehicle crime9.43.5
Burglary7.59.1
Anti-social behaviour6.810.7
Other theft3.74.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Shoplifting1.08.4
Public order0.74.6
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.21.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% 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.