Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB2 6HE
How much crime is recorded in BB2 6HE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lammack & Revidge
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,547 (2024)
BB2 6HEBlackburn
How safe is BB2 6HE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB2 6HE area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
33.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
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 6HENational
Violence and sexual offences27.123.6
Burglary12.19.1
Anti-social behaviour7.510.7
Public order4.24.6
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Other theft3.24.5
Other crime3.21.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Drugs2.02.4
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 8% 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.