Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB2 5BT
How much crime is recorded in BB2 5BT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meadowhead
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,612 (2024)
BB2 5BTBlackburn
How safe is BB2 5BT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB2 5BT 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
30.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
55
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 5BTNational
Violence and sexual offences20.023.6
Burglary13.69.1
Anti-social behaviour10.310.7
Criminal damage and arson8.24.7
Vehicle crime4.23.5
Public order2.54.6
Other crime1.91.5
Other theft1.44.5
Robbery1.31.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Drugs0.02.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 30% 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.