Blackburn’s coronavirus hotspots overlap with its most diverse and poor communities

Blackburn’s highest rates are concentrated in the north of the borough ...

Recorded Covid-19 cases as proportion of people

2.5%

3.5

5

10

11.9%

Bastwell

7.8%

Central Blackburn

4.3%

Darwen

Town

2.9%

Tockholes,

Edgworth

and

Hoddlesden

... these areas happen to be Blackburn’s most diverse and poor

Majority BAME population

There is a strong correlation between Blackburn’s highest infection rates and majority-BAME populations

86%

Bastwell

1.8%

Tockholes, Edgworth

and Hoddlesden

Household income under £26,000

The poorest neighbourhoods also tend to have higher infection rates

£23,300

Central Blackburn

£38,700

Tockholes, Edgworth

and Hoddlesden

... these areas happen to be Blackburn’s most diverse and poor

Blackburn’s highest rates are concentrated in the north of the borough ...

Recorded Covid-19 cases as proportion of people

Majority BAME population

There is a strong correlation between Blackburn’s highest infection rates and majority-BAME populations

2.5%

3.5

5

10

11.9%

86%

Bastwell

Bastwell

7.8%

1.8%

Central Blackburn

Tockholes, Edgworth

and Hoddlesden

Household income under £26,000

The poorest neighbourhoods also tend to have higher infection rates

£23,300

Central Blackburn

4.3%

2.9%

£38,700

Darwen

Town

Tockholes, Edgworth

and Hoddlesden

Tockholes, Edgworth

and Hoddlesden