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Roe Lee

Ward

North Blackburn with Darwen. About 10,084 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 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 Roe Lee live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,251
2,824th 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
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Roe Lee compares

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

Roe LeeMiddle
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. Roe Lee is 9,251.
9,2518th 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%. Roe Lee 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%. Roe Lee is 96.8%.
96.8%7th 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%. Roe Lee is 5.0%.
5.0%8th lowest

Is Roe Lee safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roe Lee at a rate of 74.1 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, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Roe Lee.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (277), anti-social behaviour (119) and vehicle crime (118).

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 Roe Lee 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
Roe Lee in brief

Roe Lee had 9,251 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Roe Lee live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Roe Lee, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Roe Lee, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.