Postcode district · Blackburn
Crime in BB2
How much crime is recorded in BB2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 82,054 (2024)
BB2Postcode district · Blackburn
How safe is BB2
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in BB2, above 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
38.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
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).
BB2National
Violence and sexual offences31.723.6
Anti-social behaviour16.810.7
Burglary8.69.1
Shoplifting7.28.4
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Public order6.14.6
Other theft4.84.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Drugs2.82.4
Other crime2.31.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.91.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.