Postcode · Accrington
Crime in BB5 4RL
How much crime is recorded in BB5 4RL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Church
- Council
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,592 (2024)
BB5 4RLAccrington
How safe is BB5 4RL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB5 4RL 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
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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 4RLNational
Burglary15.89.1
Violence and sexual offences8.423.6
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Other theft2.94.5
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Public order0.94.6
Drugs0.92.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 36% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.