# BB3 0EB: area report for a postcode in Blackburn with Darwen

BB3 0EB is a postcode in Blackburn with Darwen.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Blackburn with Darwen. Open the map at BB3 0EB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) › [BB3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3) › [BB3 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-0)

## Around this postcode

- **38 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 23% on July. Blackburn with Darwen 016A: 132 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **Darwen, 600 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **No property in BB3 0EB listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Blackburn with Darwen 016A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **£165,131 average price**: For the whole of Blackburn with Darwen, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 820 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BB3 0EB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **Low road and rail noise at BB3 0EB**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB
- **9.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-st-james-cofe-primary-academy-e140891) | Primary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Aldridge UTC Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldridge-utc-darwen-e139924) | Secondary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 31.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Avondale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avondale-primary-school-e119294) | Primary | 920 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-aldridge-sudell-primary-e141838) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Trinity VC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-vc-school-e119357) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darwen Aldridge Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-aldridge-community-academy-e135580) | Secondary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 36.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Crosshill Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crosshill-special-school-e146899) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2021 | – |
| [Turncroft Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/turncroft-nursery-school-e119099) | Nursery | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2024 | £135,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| April 2023 | £415,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2023 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| May 2026 | £170,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| May 2025 | £112,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2025 | £127,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| December 2025 | £130,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| January 2026 | £98,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Darwen (600 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY (820 m); DARWEN HEALTHCARE (940 m); DARWEN HEALTHLINK (940 m)
- Pharmacies: GELOO BROTHERS LTD (760 m); BOOTS (820 m); MARKET STREET PHARMACY (870 m); CHURCH STREET PHARMACY (910 m); COHENS CHEMIST (940 m)
- Dental practices: DARWEN ORTHODONTICS (750 m); DARWENSIDE DENTAL PRACTICE (760 m); DENTAL SURGERY (810 m); BLUE SKY DENTAL CARE (820 m); DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE (940 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Tockholes Darwen (650 m, Lidl); Asda Darwen Supermarket (800 m, Asda); Iceland Darwen (810 m, Iceland); Tesco Darwen Express (900 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £165,131** (July 2026). Blackburn with Darwen’s average house price was £165,131 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £33,076** (2025). Full-time workers living in Blackburn with Darwen earned a median of £33,076 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 20th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.0×** (2025). A home in Blackburn with Darwen costs 5.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 43rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 36.9** (2025). Blackburn with Darwen has a deprivation score of 36.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 10th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Blackburn with Darwen 016A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 58.9** (2025). Blackburn with Darwen 016A has a deprivation score of 58.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,090th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £109,400** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Blackburn with Darwen 016A was £109,400 in 2025. 553rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,538** (2021). Blackburn with Darwen 016A had 1,538 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,451st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.8%** (January 2026). In Blackburn with Darwen 016A, 81.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BB3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £167,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BB3 was £167,000 in 2025. Joint 185th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,009** (2021). BB3 had 34,009 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 704th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BB3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.3%** (January 2026). In BB3, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)
- Centre: 53.7034, -2.4654

Council: [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Rossendale and Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rossendale-and-darwen): Andy MacNae (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.4654,53.7034,BB30EB

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