Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 9DB
How much crime is recorded in BB1 9DB, 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
- 1,828 (2024)
BB1 9DBBlackburn
How safe is BB1 9DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 9DB 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
31.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
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 9DBNational
Vehicle crime14.13.5
Shoplifting13.58.4
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Burglary10.69.1
Anti-social behaviour7.910.7
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Other theft1.94.5
Public order1.34.6
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 48% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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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.