Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB2 5AG
How much crime is recorded in BB2 5AG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,153 (2024)
BB2 5AGBlackburn
How safe is BB2 5AG
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB2 5AG 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
18.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
47
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).
BB2 5AGNational
Anti-social behaviour14.210.7
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Shoplifting4.58.4
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Burglary2.79.1
Other theft2.44.5
Public order1.84.6
Drugs1.22.4
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% 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.