Postcode · Rossendale
Crime in BB4 7BB
How much crime is recorded in BB4 7BB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Waterfoot & Stacksteads
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,265 (2024)
BB4 7BBRossendale
How safe is BB4 7BB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB4 7BB 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
32.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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 7BBNational
Violence and sexual offences23.523.6
Burglary12.69.1
Anti-social behaviour11.110.7
Shoplifting4.38.4
Drugs3.12.4
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime1.61.5
Robbery1.31.4
Public order0.64.6
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% 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.