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Safest Areas in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)

Data: 2025-04 to 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk

Burglaries (12 months)

355

2.65 per 1,000 residents

UK average (per 1,000)

3.4

England & Wales

vs UK average

-21%

burglary rate difference

Safest neighbourhoods in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)

Ranked by burglary rate, lowest first

1

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

0.98/1,000
Safety score: 90
2

Wilpshire & Ramsgreave

1.00/1,000
Safety score: 89
3

Livesey with Pleasington

1.29/1,000
Safety score: 84
4

Clayton-le-Dale & Salesbury

1.50/1,000
Safety score: 79
5

Audley & Queen's Park

1.53/1,000
Safety score: 78
6

Mellor

1.61/1,000
Safety score: 77
7

Bastwell & Daisyfield

1.94/1,000
Safety score: 68
8

Billinge & Beardwood

2.17/1,000
Safety score: 62
9

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

2.41/1,000
Safety score: 56
10

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

2.49/1,000
Safety score: 54
11

Rishton

2.70/1,000
Safety score: 49
12

Roe Lee

2.79/1,000
Safety score: 47
13

Wensley Fold

2.82/1,000
Safety score: 47
14

Blackburn South East

2.86/1,000
Safety score: 46
15

West Pennine

2.92/1,000
Safety score: 45
16

Ewood

4.19/1,000
Safety score: 24
17

Mill Hill & Moorgate

4.45/1,000
Safety score: 21
18

St Oswald's

4.78/1,000
Safety score: 18
19

Blackburn Central

4.83/1,000
Safety score: 17

Burglary hotspots in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)

Ranked by burglary rate, highest first

1

Blackburn Central

4.83/1,000
Safety score: 17
2

St Oswald's

4.78/1,000
Safety score: 18
3

Mill Hill & Moorgate

4.45/1,000
Safety score: 21
4

Ewood

4.19/1,000
Safety score: 24
5

West Pennine

2.92/1,000
Safety score: 45
6

Blackburn South East

2.86/1,000
Safety score: 46
7

Wensley Fold

2.82/1,000
Safety score: 47
8

Roe Lee

2.79/1,000
Safety score: 47
9

Rishton

2.70/1,000
Safety score: 49
10

Shear Brow & Corporation Park

2.49/1,000
Safety score: 54
11

Little Harwood & Whitebirk

2.41/1,000
Safety score: 56
12

Billinge & Beardwood

2.17/1,000
Safety score: 62
13

Bastwell & Daisyfield

1.94/1,000
Safety score: 68
14

Mellor

1.61/1,000
Safety score: 77
15

Audley & Queen's Park

1.53/1,000
Safety score: 78
16

Clayton-le-Dale & Salesbury

1.50/1,000
Safety score: 79
17

Livesey with Pleasington

1.29/1,000
Safety score: 84
18

Wilpshire & Ramsgreave

1.00/1,000
Safety score: 89
19

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen

0.98/1,000
Safety score: 90

About Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)

Population

134,199

Households

49,334

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Crime data from data.police.uk. Population data from Census 2021. Data covers 2025-04 to 2026-03.