# BB5

Postcode district covering Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, in Hyndburn.

BB5 is a postcode district covering Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, in Hyndburn. Median sale price £138,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 135.6 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code BB5. 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 BB5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £138,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BB5 was £138,000 in 2025. Joint 68th 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/bb5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 62,818** (2021). BB5 had 62,818 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 79th 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/bb5#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 92%** (2022). About 92% of people in BB5 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/bb5#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.9%** (January 2026). In BB5, 93.9% 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/bb5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BB5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 92% of people in BB5 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=BB5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 865 homes were sold in BB5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BB5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BB5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BB5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BB5 had 62,818 usual residents at the census.

## How BB5 compares

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

| Measure | BB5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £138,000 | 3rd cheapest | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2025 |
| Population | 62,818 | 3rd most populated | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 92% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 13 postcode districts, BB · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.9% | joint 6th lowest | 13 postcode districts, BB · Jan 2026 |

## Is BB5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB5 at a rate of 135.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 767 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,421), anti-social behaviour (1,870) and other crime (1,244).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB5 was 141.1 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 BB5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB5 has no single figure. Of its 39 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in BB5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hyndburn 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025032) | 1,439 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| [Hyndburn 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025033) | 2,249 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.9% |
| [Hyndburn 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025034) | 1,758 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| [Hyndburn 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025048) | 1,468 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.1% |
| [Hyndburn 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025049) | 1,504 | 247.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| [Hyndburn 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025050) | 1,533 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.8% |
| [Hyndburn 002G](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025053) | 1,531 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.3% |
| [Hyndburn 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025051) | 1,647 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| [Hyndburn 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025052) | 1,519 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Hyndburn 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025057) | 1,642 | 163.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Hyndburn 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025058) | 1,432 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Hyndburn 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025059) | 1,816 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| [Hyndburn 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025067) | 1,488 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Hyndburn 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025068) | 1,563 | 275.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.1% |
| [Hyndburn 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025069) | 1,403 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Hyndburn 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025044) | 1,223 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Hyndburn 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025045) | 1,228 | 207.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [Hyndburn 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025046) | 1,280 | 163.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| [Hyndburn 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025081) | 1,608 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Hyndburn 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025041) | 1,710 | 494.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Hyndburn 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025042) | 2,392 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Hyndburn 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025082) | 1,704 | 125.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Hyndburn 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025083) | 2,131 | 138.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| [Hyndburn 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025084) | 1,751 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Hyndburn 006I](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01034335) | 1,701 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Hyndburn 006J](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01034336) | 2,025 | 172.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| [Hyndburn 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025055) | 1,446 | 146.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Hyndburn 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025075) | 1,742 | 151.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Hyndburn 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025076) | 1,256 | 246.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Hyndburn 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025077) | 1,424 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [Hyndburn 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025078) | 1,421 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Hyndburn 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025035) | 1,404 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| [Hyndburn 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025036) | 1,718 | 470.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.8% |
| [Hyndburn 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025037) | 1,585 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [Hyndburn 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025038) | 1,310 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Hyndburn 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025039) | 1,182 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.4% |
| [Hyndburn 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025040) | 1,438 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Hyndburn 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025054) | 1,566 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.1% |
| [Hyndburn 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025056) | 1,287 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |

## Your MP

- [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hyndburn): Sarah Smith (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.

## Middle areas in BB5

[Accrington North East](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/accrington-north-east), [Accrington South East](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/accrington-south-east), [Accrington West](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/accrington-west), [Church](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/church), [Clayton-le-Moors & Huncoat](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/clayton-le-moors-and-huncoat), [Oswaldtwistle](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/oswaldtwistle)

## Postcode sectors in BB5

[BB5 0 (212 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-0), [BB5 1 (141 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-1), [BB5 2 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-2), [BB5 3 (225 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-3), [BB5 4 (190 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-4), [BB5 5 (302 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-5), [BB5 6 (233 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-6), [BB5 9 (26 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5-9)

## Council

[Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn)

## Towns in BB5

[Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/accrington), [Clayton-le-Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clayton-le-moors), [Oswaldtwistle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oswaldtwistle)

## Postcode districts next to BB5

[BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [BB4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb4), [BB6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb6), [BB11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb11), [BB12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb12)

## Nearest rail stations

[Accrington (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.3695,53.7530), [Church and Oswaldtwistle (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.3912,53.7505), [Huncoat (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.3476,53.7718), [Rishton (4.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.4202,53.7638)

## 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)

## BB5 in brief

BB5 is a postcode district covering Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, in Hyndburn.
About 65,798 people lived in BB5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £138,000 in 2025 across 865 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 135.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB5 was £138,000 in 2025.
BB5 had 62,818 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BB5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB5, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BB5
- Postcode area: [BB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb)
- Constituency: [Hyndburn †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hyndburn)
- Council: [Hyndburn †](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn)
- Area: 44.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 65,798*
- Neighbourhoods: 39
- Output areas: 203

* 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

[BB4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb4), [BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [BB12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb12), [BB11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb11), [BB6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb6)

## Latest updates for BB5

- 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/BB5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5