Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB2 7GW
How much crime is recorded in BB2 7GW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lammack & Revidge
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,698 (2024)
BB2 7GWBlackburn
How safe is BB2 7GW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB2 7GW 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
15.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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 7GWNational
Violence and sexual offences10.223.6
Burglary6.89.1
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Vehicle crime4.03.5
Other theft2.24.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Public order0.84.6
Other crime0.61.5
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.