Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden

Blackburn with Darwen · North West · population 6,352 · 4 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,185 of 6,856 in England
  • #247 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,317
Median age (est.)50
Density85per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above44%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 2%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 30% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,185 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 18 in Blackburn with Darwen. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (97) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here, about £350,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 55% in five years (from 93 sales) — roughly 2.1× the wider Blackburn with Darwen median of £165,500. Typical household take-home income is around £43,169 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 97 · #190
Employment 97 · #224
Education 94 · #389
Health 81 · #1,314
Crime 83 · #1,163
Housing & access 3 · #6,647
Living environment 11 · #6,113

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +23.9% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,00093+23.9%+54.7%
Detached£440,00043+17.3%+18.8%
Semi-detached£312,50020+17.9%+37.4%
Terraced£239,00027+7.7%+38.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£350,000
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)£43,169±£6,086 · #2,536 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,103
Price-to-income ?8.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 200 offences
Blackburn with Darwen89
North West82
England83

Rank #513 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences82
Theft21
Burglary26
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons18
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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