Crime Statistics for Knuzden Brook, Hyndburn, Lancashire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Knuzden Brook in August 2024. There were a total of 190 incidents. 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime64
Anti Social Behaviour53
Criminal Damage Arson15
Other Theft14
Vehicle Crime13
Public Order8
Shoplifting7
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime4
Drugs3
Burglary3
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
All Crime190

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackburn (1.86 miles)720
Higher Audley (1.24 miles)545
Intack (0.88 miles)371
Little Harwood (1.75 miles)369
Spring Hill (1.96 miles)281
Knuzden Brook190
Broadfield (1.86 miles)166
Little Moor End (1.24 miles)116
Bank Fold (1.86 miles)12
Belthorn (1.86 miles)12

3.66%
of St Oswald's (Hyndburn) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackburn222
Higher Audley213
Little Harwood195
Spring Hill130
Intack108
Broadfield70
Knuzden Brook64
Little Moor End45
Bank Fold4
Belthorn4

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.

#WardScore
1Ewood82
2Blackburn South East82
3Blackburn Central76
4Audley & Queen's Park69
5Rishton66
6Little Harwood & Whitebirk62
7Shear Brow & Corporation Park61
8Blackburn South & Lower Darwen61
9Bastwell & Daisyfield54
10St Oswald's46
11West Pennine40

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 this marker.

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