Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB1 9TW
How much crime is recorded in BB1 9TW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Little Harwood
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,101 (2024)
BB1 9TWBlackburn
How safe is BB1 9TW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB1 9TW area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 9TWNational
Violence and sexual offences14.123.6
Criminal damage and arson7.24.7
Anti-social behaviour4.610.7
Other theft2.54.5
Burglary1.99.1
Drugs1.72.4
Public order1.64.6
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Theft from the person1.12.1
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.