Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB2 5LE
How much crime is recorded in BB2 5LE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meadowhead
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,574 (2024)
BB2 5LEBlackburn
How safe is BB2 5LE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB2 5LE 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
29.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
74
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 5LENational
Violence and sexual offences23.223.6
Shoplifting13.68.4
Anti-social behaviour12.410.7
Burglary6.89.1
Public order5.04.6
Other crime4.11.5
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Other theft3.14.5
Drugs1.82.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 18% 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.