Little Harwood & Whitebirk
WardNorth Blackburn with Darwen. About 9,585 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in Little Harwood & Whitebirk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Little Harwood & Whitebirk compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Little Harwood & Whitebirk safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Little Harwood & Whitebirk at a rate of 100.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.0 per 1,000 people across Blackburn with Darwen.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 98 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Little Harwood & Whitebirk.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (424), anti-social behaviour (183) and other crime (151).
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 ward, so they describe all of Blackburn with Darwen and not Little Harwood & Whitebirk alone. See Blackburn with Darwen
Little Harwood & Whitebirk in brief
Little Harwood & Whitebirk had 9,319 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in Little Harwood & Whitebirk live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Little Harwood & Whitebirk, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Little Harwood & Whitebirk, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.