Crime Statistics for Knuzden Brook, Hyndburn, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 156 street level crime incidents in Knuzden Brook in February 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 Knuzden Brook, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	54
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Other Theft	12
Burglary	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Public Order	5
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Shoplifting	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	156

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Knuzden Brook

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackburn (1.86 miles)	707
Higher Audley (1.24 miles)	591
Little Harwood (1.75 miles)	415
Intack (0.88 miles)	320
Spring Hill (1.96 miles)	265
Knuzden Brook	156
Broadfield (1.86 miles)	151
Little Moor End (1.24 miles)	100
Bank Fold (1.86 miles)	13
Belthorn (1.86 miles)	13

Where are the most violent places near Knuzden Brook?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackburn	238
Higher Audley	201
Little Harwood	124
Intack	105
Spring Hill	91
Broadfield	55
Knuzden Brook	54
Little Moor End	34
Bank Fold	3
Belthorn	3

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

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 Knuzden Brook 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 Knuzden Brook compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ewood	82
2	Blackburn South East	82
3	Blackburn Central	76
4	Audley & Queen's Park	69
5	Rishton	66
6	Little Harwood & Whitebirk	62
7	Shear Brow & Corporation Park	61
8	Blackburn South & Lower Darwen	61
9	Bastwell & Daisyfield	54
10	St Oswald's	46
11	West Pennine	40

Which road in Knuzden Brook has the highest level of crime?

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