Crime Statistics for Brookhouse, Blackburn, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Brookhouse, Blackburn

There were a total of 599 street level crime incidents in Brookhouse in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brookhouse, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime188
Anti Social Behaviour146
Shoplifting71
Criminal Damage Arson43
Public Order32
Vehicle Crime32
Other Theft28
Burglary21
Drugs13
Other Crime9
Robbery6
Theft From The Person5
Possession Of Weapons4
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime599

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brookhouse. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brookhouse

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brookhouse and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brookhouse has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackburn (0.62 miles)636
Brookhouse599
Higher Audley (0.88 miles)526
Higher Croft (1.24 miles)410
Little Harwood (0.88 miles)343
Intack (1.24 miles)330
Four Lane End (0.88 miles)319
Revidge (0.88 miles)319
Brownhill (1.24 miles)152
Beardwood (1.39 miles)123

30.68%
of Blackburn Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brookhouse?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brookhouse and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackburn205
Brookhouse188
Higher Audley171
Higher Croft148
Intack113
Little Harwood106
Four Lane End105
Revidge105
Brownhill58
Beardwood45

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brookhouse?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brookhouse to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brookhouse compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brookhouse and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brookhouse is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Mill Hill & Moorgate87
2Ewood82
3Blackburn South East82
4Blackburn Central76
5Wensley Fold69
6Audley & Queen's Park69
7Little Harwood & Whitebirk62
8Shear Brow & Corporation Park61
9Bastwell & Daisyfield54
10Billinge & Beardwood50
11Livesey with Pleasington47

Which road in Brookhouse has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brookhouse with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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