Postcode · Accrington
Crime in BB5 3PL
How much crime is recorded in BB5 3PL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadfield & Knuzden
- Council
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,473 (2024)
BB5 3PLAccrington
How safe is BB5 3PL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB5 3PL 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
30.0
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).
BB5 3PLNational
Burglary21.29.1
Violence and sexual offences18.723.6
Anti-social behaviour12.610.7
Vehicle crime4.93.5
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Public order3.34.6
Other theft3.34.5
Drugs3.02.4
Shoplifting1.48.4
Other crime1.41.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.