Postcode · Rossendale
Crime in BB4 8SR
How much crime is recorded in BB4 8SR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rawtenstall
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,990 (2024)
BB4 8SRRossendale
How safe is BB4 8SR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB4 8SR 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
18.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
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 8SRNational
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Anti-social behaviour12.310.7
Burglary10.19.1
Shoplifting7.08.4
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Public order3.14.6
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime1.61.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.71.0
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.