Crime Statistics for Four Lane End, Blackburn, Lancashire, 2024

Crime statistics for Four Lane End, Blackburn

There were a total of 319 street level crime incidents in Four Lane End 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 Four Lane End, 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 Crime105
Anti Social Behaviour77
Shoplifting26
Vehicle Crime23
Public Order18
Criminal Damage Arson18
Other Theft16
Burglary11
Drugs9
Other Crime6
Theft From The Person4
Possession Of Weapons4
Robbery2
All Crime319

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 Four Lane End. 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 Four Lane End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackburn (1.39 miles)636
Brookhouse (0.88 miles)599
Little Harwood (1.24 miles)343
Four Lane End319
Revidge319
Brownhill (0.88 miles)152
Bank Hey (1.39 miles)130
Lammack (0.62 miles)123
Beardwood (0.62 miles)123
Pleckgate (0.62 miles)99

21.5%
of Billinge & Beardwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Four Lane End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackburn205
Brookhouse188
Little Harwood106
Four Lane End105
Revidge105
Brownhill58
Bank Hey57
Lammack45
Beardwood45
Pleckgate33

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Four Lane End?

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 Four Lane End 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 Four Lane End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Four Lane End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Four Lane End is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Mill Hill & Moorgate87
2Ewood82
3Blackburn Central76
4Wensley Fold69
5Audley & Queen's Park69
6Shear Brow & Corporation Park61
7Bastwell & Daisyfield54
8Roe Lee52
9Billinge & Beardwood50
10Livesey with Pleasington47
11Mellor2

Which road in Four Lane End has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Four Lane End 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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