Postcode · Darwen
Crime in BB3 0FS
How much crime is recorded in BB3 0FS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,058 (2024)
BB3 0FSDarwen
How safe is BB3 0FS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB3 0FS 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
15.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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).
BB3 0FSNational
Burglary16.79.1
Violence and sexual offences9.623.6
Anti-social behaviour5.910.7
Public order2.74.6
Other theft2.64.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Other crime1.61.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.