Roe Lee, Brownhill & Sunnybower

Blackburn with Darwen · North West · population 10,976 · 6 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,755 of 6,856 in England
  • #509 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,825
Median age (est.)36
Density2,274per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above31%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 22%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Administrative 12% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors9%
Elementary9%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 46%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 50%Asian 46%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Muslim 45% · Christian 35% · No religion 14%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Roe Lee, Brownhill & Sunnybower is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,755 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (53) and lowest on Income (24). Typical homes here, about £180,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 172 sales), 9% above the wider Blackburn with Darwen median of £165,500. Typical household take-home income is around £34,972 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,222
Employment 28 · #4,899
Education 41 · #4,015
Health 31 · #4,728
Crime 53 · #3,234
Housing & access 28 · #4,941
Living environment 40 · #4,111

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · -10.0% yr · n=172
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,000172-10.0%+28.6%
Detached£290,00030+5.5%+28.9%
Semi-detached£190,00090+4.4%+31.0%
Terraced£136,10043+12.5%+43.3%
Flat£107,5009
This area£180,000
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)£34,972±£4,920 · #5,046 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,449
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 635 offences
Blackburn with Darwen89
North West82
England83

Rank #2,701 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences264
Theft77
Burglary36
Vehicle crime112
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons29
Drugs32
Robbery4
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 162 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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