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Mill Hill & Moorgate

Ward

North west Blackburn with Darwen. About 8,900 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Mill Hill & Moorgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,344
Joint 3,231st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Mill Hill & Moorgate compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Mill Hill & MoorgateMiddle
Population17 wards, Blackburn with Darwen · 2021
Population: every ward in Blackburn with Darwen17 areas from 7,886 to 10,905. The middle area is 9,276. Mill Hill & Moorgate is 8,344.
8,3446th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Blackburn with Darwen · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Blackburn with Darwen17 areas from 70.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Mill Hill & Moorgate is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Blackburn with Darwen · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Blackburn with Darwen17 areas from 60.7% to 99.1%. The middle area is 96.3%. Mill Hill & Moorgate is 99.1%.
99.1%highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Blackburn with Darwen · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Blackburn with Darwen17 areas from 1.1% to 10.7%. The middle area is 5.8%. Mill Hill & Moorgate is 7.1%.
7.1%5th highest

Is Mill Hill & Moorgate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mill Hill & Moorgate at a rate of 144.7 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, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mill Hill & Moorgate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (503), other crime (209) and anti-social behaviour (201).

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 Mill Hill & Moorgate alone. See Blackburn with Darwen

Average house price
£160,727
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,076
20th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.9×
Joint 39th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.9
10th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Mill Hill & Moorgate in brief

Mill Hill & Moorgate had 8,344 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Mill Hill & Moorgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Mill Hill & Moorgate, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Mill Hill & Moorgate, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.