Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey

Blackburn with Darwen · North West · population 9,007 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #985 of 6,856 in England
  • #124 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,737
Median age (est.)47
Density614per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 4%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 13%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 13%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 19% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #985 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (90) and lowest on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here, about £275,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 227 sales), 66% above the wider Blackburn with Darwen median of £165,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,305 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 90 · #649
Employment 80 · #1,403
Education 85 · #1,040
Health 59 · #2,822
Crime 72 · #1,945
Housing & access 41 · #4,056
Living environment 77 · #1,582

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +7.8% yr · n=227
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000227+7.8%+35.2%
Detached£344,995121+4.5%+23.2%
Semi-detached£220,00069+6.8%+38.4%
Terraced£164,75026-3.7%+17.7%
Flat£107,00011+17.6%+18.9%
This area£275,000
Blackburn with Darwen£165,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,305±£5,369 · #3,934 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,686
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 353 offences
Blackburn with Darwen89
North West82
England83

Rank #1,185 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences166
Theft60
Burglary11
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons26
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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