Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Blackburn with Darwen and Bury compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
Blackburn with Darwen
E06000008 · Lancashire Constabulary
Bury
E08000002 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Blackburn with Darwen
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
163,801
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
35,470 more in Bury
199,271
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£33,076
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,691 more in Bury
£35,767
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£165,882
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£72,564 more in Bury
£238,446
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£713
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£256 more in Bury
£969
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
5.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.3 percentage points higher in Blackburn with Darwen
4.3%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,281
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
616 more in Blackburn with Darwen
+665
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,455
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£100 more in Bury
£2,555
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
36.9
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
12.9 more in Blackburn with Darwen
24.0
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
37.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
12.0 percentage points higher in Blackburn with Darwen
25.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
111.1
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Bury.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
5.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.7 years more in Bury
6.7 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
25.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
6.6 percentage points higher in Bury
32.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.42%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.28 percentage points higher in Blackburn with Darwen
7.14%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,184
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
279 more in Blackburn with Darwen
11,905
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,066
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
86 more in Bury
3,152
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 163,801 in Blackburn with Darwen and 199,271 in Bury (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,076 in Blackburn with Darwen and £35,767 in Bury (2025); and average house price was £165,882 in Blackburn with Darwen and £238,446 in Bury (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 163,801 in Blackburn with Darwen and 199,271 in Bury (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,076 in Blackburn with Darwen and £35,767 in Bury (2025); and average house price was £165,882 in Blackburn with Darwen and £238,446 in Bury (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
A category-by-category crime comparison needs both areas to have a full, current twelve months in the data.police.uk archive. One of them does not, so it is not shown; the crime rate above, where published, still comes from that archive.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (163,801 and 194,740 residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.