Blackburn with Darwen 005B
NeighbourhoodNorth Blackburn with Darwen. 1,655 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Blackburn with Darwen 005B is in decile 1.
How Blackburn with Darwen 005B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Blackburn with Darwen 005B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackburn with Darwen 005B at a rate of 139.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.8 per 1,000 people across Wensley Fold.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackburn with Darwen 005B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (108), anti-social behaviour (45) and other crime (35).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Blackburn with Darwen
These figures are published for the whole of Blackburn with Darwen, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Blackburn with Darwen and not Blackburn with Darwen 005B alone. See Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen 005B in brief
Blackburn with Darwen 005B has a deprivation score of 55.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Blackburn with Darwen 005B had 1,720 usual residents at the census.
In Blackburn with Darwen 005B, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blackburn with Darwen 005B, 8.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.