# BB3 9BU: area report for a postcode in Blackburn with Darwen

BB3 9BU 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 9BU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) › [BB3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3) › [BB3 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-9)

## Around this postcode

- **54 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 2% on July. Blackburn with Darwen 016D: 316 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **Darwen, 400 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **No property in BB3 9BU 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=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Blackburn with Darwen 016D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **£160,727 average price**: For the whole of Blackburn with Darwen, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 150 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **54% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BB3 9BU**: Road 63 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **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=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU
- **8.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Holy Trinity VC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-vc-school-e119357) | Primary | 80 m (1 minute on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Aldridge UTC Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldridge-utc-darwen-e139924) | Secondary | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 31.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Darwen Aldridge Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-aldridge-community-academy-e135580) | Secondary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 36.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Turncroft Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/turncroft-nursery-school-e119099) | Nursery | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | – |
| [St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-roman-catholic-primary-school-darwen-e119667) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-aldridge-sudell-primary-e141838) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-st-james-cofe-primary-academy-e140891) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darwen-st-peters-church-of-england-primary-school-e119458) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2023 | £170,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| August 2026 | £110,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| November 2025 | £167,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| January 2025 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| April 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| June 2025 | £60,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| August 2024 | £138,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 230 m |
| June 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Darwen (390 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: DARWEN HEALTHCARE (230 m); DARWEN HEALTHLINK (230 m); SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK (430 m)
- Pharmacies: MARKET STREET PHARMACY (90 m); BOOTS (130 m); CHURCH STREET PHARMACY (140 m); GELOO BROTHERS LTD (210 m); COHENS CHEMIST (230 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (210 m); DARWENSIDE DENTAL PRACTICE (210 m); DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE (230 m); DARWEN ORTHODONTICS (280 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Darwen (150 m, Iceland); Asda Darwen Supermarket (160 m, Asda); Sainsburys Darwen (220 m, Sainsburys); Lidl Tockholes Darwen (470 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £160,727** (August 2026). Blackburn with Darwen’s average house price was £160,727 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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: 4.9×** (2025). A home in Blackburn with Darwen costs 4.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 39th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 016D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 44.4** (2025). Blackburn with Darwen 016D has a deprivation score of 44.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,481st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £102,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Blackburn with Darwen 016D was £102,750 in 2025. 450th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,732** (2021). Blackburn with Darwen 016D had 1,732 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,265th 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: 82.2%** (January 2026). In Blackburn with Darwen 016D, 82.2% 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: 53.6950, -2.4681

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), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [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=-2.4681,53.6950,BB39BU

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