Little Harwood

Blackburn with Darwen · North West · population 9,574 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,298 of 6,856 in England
  • #765 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,639
Median age (est.)31
Density6,645per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above22%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 18%25–44 28%45–64 21%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 21%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 42%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 42%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Sales & customer service 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Sales & customer service14%
Elementary13%
Process & plant13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 11%Asian: 85%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 11%Asian 85%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Muslim 84% · Christian 8% · No religion 3%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Little Harwood is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,298 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (51) and lowest on Income (4). Typical homes here sold for about £125,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 31 sales), 24% below the wider Blackburn with Darwen median of £165,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,901 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 4 · #6,579
Employment 13 · #5,935
Education 7 · #6,346
Health 16 · #5,743
Crime 51 · #3,378
Housing & access 23 · #5,297
Living environment 6 · #6,469

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · +8.7% yr · n=31
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,00031+8.7%+13.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£186,0007+51.8%+48.8%
Terraced£120,00023+7.1%+31.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£125,000
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)£28,901±£4,394 · #6,576 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£19,578
Price-to-income ?4.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 418 offences
Blackburn with Darwen89
North West82
England83

Rank #1,571 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences216
Theft40
Burglary15
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons25
Drugs18
Robbery3
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 122 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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