Postcode · Rossendale
Crime in BB4 4EB
How much crime is recorded in BB4 4EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Townsend Fold & Edenfield
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,450 (2024)
BB4 4EBRossendale
How safe is BB4 4EB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB4 4EB 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
18.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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).
BB4 4EBNational
Burglary15.79.1
Violence and sexual offences12.723.6
Shoplifting11.48.4
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Public order2.24.6
Other theft1.94.5
Drugs1.62.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Theft from the person0.22.1
Robbery0.01.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
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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.