Postcode · Rossendale
Crime in BB4 8HT
How much crime is recorded in BB4 8HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rawtenstall
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,546 (2024)
BB4 8HTRossendale
How safe is BB4 8HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB4 8HT area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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 8HTNational
Violence and sexual offences25.223.6
Anti-social behaviour11.010.7
Burglary6.69.1
Criminal damage and arson6.04.7
Public order4.04.6
Shoplifting3.28.4
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Other theft1.94.5
Other crime1.31.5
Drugs0.92.4
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 38% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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40
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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.