Great Harwood
Middle areaNorth Hyndburn. 11,468 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 76% of people in Great Harwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Great Harwood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Harwood at a rate of 92.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 123.0 per 1,000 people across Hyndburn.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 434 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 216 |
| Other crime | 152 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 88 |
| Shoplifting | 61 |
| Vehicle crime | 46 |
| Burglary | 36 |
| Drug offences | 13 |
| Theft from the person | 10 |
| Robbery | 6 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Great Harwood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Harwood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Harwood at a rate of 92.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 123.0 per 1,000 people across Hyndburn.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Harwood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (434), anti-social behaviour (216) and other crime (152).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Hyndburn
These figures are published for the whole of Hyndburn, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Hyndburn and not Great Harwood alone. See Hyndburn
Great Harwood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Great Harwood was £148,000 in 2025.
Great Harwood had 11,016 usual residents at the census.
About 76% of people in Great Harwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Harwood, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.