BB1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blackburn and Rishton, in Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn.
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 BB1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in BB1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB1 at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 710 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,801), anti-social behaviour (1,438) and other crime (1,172).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB1 was 108.9 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 BB1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB1 has no single figure. Of its 41 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen 001A | 1,602 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 001B | 2,286 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 001C | 1,701 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 001D | 1,615 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 001E | 1,881 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 001F | 1,737 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 002C | 2,015 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 003A | 1,477 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 003B | 2,041 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 003C | 2,006 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 003D | 2,355 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 003E | 1,758 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 004A | 1,783 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 004B | 2,206 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 004C | 1,908 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 004D | 2,122 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 006C | 1,653 | 327.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 006D | 2,467 | 347.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 007A | 1,766 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 007B | 1,458 | 141.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 007C | 1,762 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 007D | 1,296 | 209.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 007E | 2,294 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008A | 1,816 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008B | 1,738 | 166.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008C | 1,637 | 211.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008D | 2,036 | 240.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008E | 1,999 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 008F | 1,856 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 011F | 2,219 | 318.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.0% |
| Hyndburn 003A | 1,208 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 003B | 1,317 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Hyndburn 003C | 1,509 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| Hyndburn 003D | 1,296 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Hyndburn 003E | 1,325 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Hyndburn 009C | 1,575 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Hyndburn 009D | 1,463 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.9% |
| Ribble Valley 008A | 1,141 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 66.1% |
| Ribble Valley 008B | 1,441 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.5% |
| Ribble Valley 008F | 1,487 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.9% |
| Ribble Valley 008H | 2,082 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.8% |
MPs for BB1
- Mr Adnan HussainIndependentMP for Blackburn74% of BB1’s postcodes
- Sarah SmithLabourMP for Hyndburn15% of BB1’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley8.4% of BB1’s postcodes
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen1.9% of BB1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BB18
Postcode sectors in BB19
Councils BB1 covers2
Towns in BB12
Postcode districts next to BB18
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BB postcode area2
BB1 in brief
BB1 is a postcode district covering Blackburn and Rishton, in Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn.
About 74,096 people lived in BB1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,500 in 2025 across 660 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB1 was £165,500 in 2025.
BB1 had 70,775 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in BB1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB1, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.