Is Blackburn with Darwen a good place to live?
The facts on crime, schools, house prices and transport in Blackburn with Darwen, from official data · 6 postcode districts · 3,460 postcodes
The facts on crime, schools, house prices and transport in Blackburn with Darwen, from official data · 6 postcode districts · 3,460 postcodes
England average £293,479 (+1.1% in a year, +17.1% in five).
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index. Averages for the whole council area (July 2026).
The average home in Blackburn with Darwen sold for £165,131 in the latest House Price Index, up 5.2% on a year earlier. Across Blackburn with Darwen, police record 109 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, above the England and Wales rate of 97.
From the middle of Blackburn with Darwen, the nearest primary school is Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, 0.1 mi away, about a 2 minute walk; the nearest secondary is Darwen Vale High School, 0.8 mi away, about a 16 minute walk (Ofsted: good); the nearest GP surgery is Roman Road Health Centre, 0.2 mi away, about a 5 minute walk.
Mill Hill (Lancs) station is 1.2 mi away, about a 25 minute walk; the nearest park is 0.9 mi away, about a 19 minute walk.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, police record 109 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, above the England and Wales rate of 97. Figures are crimes reported to the police over the latest 12 months; they can't tell you how safe a particular street feels.
The average home in Blackburn with Darwen sold for £165,131 in the latest House Price Index, up 5.2% on a year earlier. By type: detached £292,854, semi-detached £183,019, terraced £138,194, flats £89,564. Prices are council-wide averages from HM Land Registry.
The nearest primary school is Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, 0.1 mi away, about a 2 minute walk. The nearest secondary school is Darwen Vale High School, 0.8 mi away, about a 16 minute walk (Ofsted: good). Being nearest doesn't guarantee a place; check each school's admissions criteria.
Mill Hill (Lancs) is 1.2 mi away, about a 25 minute walk.
The ONS estimates average household income of £43,236 a year for the neighbourhood (April 2022 to March 2023), compared with £53,636 across England.