Wensley Fold
WardNorth west Blackburn with Darwen. About 9,909 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.0 square kilometre.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Wensley Fold live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wensley Fold compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wensley Fold safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wensley Fold at a rate of 96.8 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 Wensley Fold.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (406), anti-social behaviour (212) and other crime (152).
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 Wensley Fold alone. See Blackburn with Darwen
Wensley Fold in brief
Wensley Fold had 9,505 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wensley Fold live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wensley Fold, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wensley Fold, 7.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.