Queen's Park & Higher Croft

Blackburn with Darwen · North West · population 10,009 · 6 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,106 of 6,856 in England
  • #721 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,065
Median age (est.)36
Density2,020per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above26%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 32%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 17%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 17%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 17%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 79%Asian 17%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 33% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Queen's Park & Higher Croft is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,106 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Health (8). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Blackburn with Darwen median of £165,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,721 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 128 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 12 · #6,030
Employment 10 · #6,195
Education 13 · #5,935
Health 8 · #6,339
Crime 20 · #5,462
Housing & access 40 · #4,084
Living environment 78 · #1,479

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,000990.0%+20.6%
Detached£260,00026+2.2%+27.8%
Semi-detached£160,00037-5.3%+18.5%
Terraced£138,47536+18.4%+54.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£170,000
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)£32,721±£4,654 · #5,762 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,839
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

128 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,280 offences
Blackburn with Darwen89
North West82
England83

Rank #5,614 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences742
Theft115
Burglary30
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson139
Public order & weapons113
Drugs32
Robbery5
Other40

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 395 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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