Central electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 40.6% here, compared with 23.5% across Hyndburn (17.1 percentage points higher).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 35.1% here, compared with 22.8% across Hyndburn (12.3 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 23% here, compared with 14% across Hyndburn (9.3 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
8.8%
21 March 2021 · Central
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Central ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
858 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 812 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Central ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 70 mapped crimes in September 2024; 89 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Central
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
70
21
October 2024
70
26
November 2024
76
25
December 2024
60
32
January 2025
51
25
February 2025
64
30
March 2025
67
22
April 2025
80
29
May 2025
67
24
June 2025
70
25
July 2025
69
49
August 2025
68
35
September 2025
55
21
October 2025
66
49
November 2025
58
26
December 2025
58
31
January 2026
67
28
February 2026
82
32
March 2026
62
22
April 2026
66
10
May 2026
83
17
June 2026
78
12
July 2026
94
19
August 2026
89
7
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Central
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
378
shoplifting
143
criminal damage arson
71
public order
61
vehicle crime
48
other theft
42
drugs
37
burglary
25
other crime
15
robbery
13
possession of weapons
10
theft from the person
9
bicycle theft
6
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
