Postcode · Bolton
Crime in BL7 8BE
How much crime is recorded in BL7 8BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,112 (2024)
BL7 8BEBolton
How safe is BL7 8BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BL7 8BE 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
21.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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).
BL7 8BENational
Burglary14.09.1
Violence and sexual offences13.023.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other theft2.04.5
Public order2.04.6
Robbery1.31.4
Other crime1.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.