# BB3

Postcode district covering Darwen, in Blackburn with Darwen.

BB3 is a postcode district covering Darwen, in Blackburn with Darwen. Median sale price £167,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 95.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code BB3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BB3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BB3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BB3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=BB3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 630 homes were sold in BB3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BB3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BB3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BB3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BB3 had 34,009 usual residents at the census.

## How BB3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BB3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £167,000 | 5th most expensive | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2025 |
| Population | 34,009 | 5th least populated | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.3% | lowest | 13 postcode districts, BB · Jan 2026 |

## Is BB3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB3 at a rate of 95.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 279 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,425), anti-social behaviour (678) and other crime (492).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB3 was 111.0 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in BB3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB3 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BB3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012602) | 1,577 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012597) | 1,659 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012589) | 1,373 | 194.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.5% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012590) | 1,312 | 181.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.7% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012591) | 1,542 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012648) | 1,198 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012652) | 1,423 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012617) | 1,332 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012646) | 1,634 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012647) | 1,546 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012650) | 1,462 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012649) | 1,538 | 131.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.8% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012651) | 1,518 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012653) | 1,554 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.3% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012654) | 1,732 | 316.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.2% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012614) | 1,659 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012615) | 1,375 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012616) | 1,971 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.5% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012659) | 1,353 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012660) | 1,116 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 68.2% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012661) | 1,488 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| [Blackburn with Darwen 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/neighbourhood/e01012592) | 1,923 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.9% |

## Your MP

- [Rossendale and Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rossendale-and-darwen): Andy MacNae (Labour), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here.
- [Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blackburn): Mr Adnan Hussain (Independent), MP since July 2024. 0.8% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in BB3

[Darwen Town](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/darwen-town), [East Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/east-darwen), [North Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/north-darwen), [South Darwen & Whitehall](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen/south-darwen-and-whitehall)

## Postcode sectors in BB3

[BB3 0 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-0), [BB3 1 (185 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-1), [BB3 2 (264 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-2), [BB3 3 (242 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-3), [BB3 9 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3-9)

## Council

[Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)

## Towns in BB3

[Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackburn), [Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/darwen)

## Postcode districts next to BB3

[BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [BB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb2), [BL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl7), [PR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr6)

## Nearest rail stations

[Darwen (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.4649,53.6980), [Mill Hill (Lancs) (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.5017,53.7355), [Cherry Tree (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.5184,53.7329), [Entwistle (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.4145,53.6560)

## More in the BB postcode area

[All BB postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BB3 in brief

BB3 is a postcode district covering Darwen, in Blackburn with Darwen.
About 35,301 people lived in BB3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £167,000 in 2025 across 630 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB3 was £167,000 in 2025.
BB3 had 34,009 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BB3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB3, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BB3
- Postcode area: [BB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb)
- Constituency: [Rossendale and Darwen †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rossendale-and-darwen)
- Council: [Blackburn with Darwen †](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)
- Area: 37.26 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,301*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 113

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl7), [BB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb2), [BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [PR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr6)

## Latest updates for BB3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BB3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb3