Postcode · Blackburn
Crime in BB6 7PU
How much crime is recorded in BB6 7PU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Great Harwood
- Council
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,516 (2024)
BB6 7PUBlackburn
How safe is BB6 7PU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BB6 7PU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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).
BB6 7PUNational
Violence and sexual offences16.123.6
Anti-social behaviour13.010.7
Criminal damage and arson6.64.7
Burglary4.99.1
Other theft2.74.5
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other crime1.61.5
Public order1.24.6
Theft from the person0.62.1
Drugs0.12.4
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.