BB2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blackburn, in Blackburn with Darwen.
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 BB2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in BB2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB2 at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 681 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,240), anti-social behaviour (1,619) and other crime (1,383).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB2 was 132.9 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 BB2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB2 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 17 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 BB2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen 002A | 1,356 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 002B | 1,667 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 002D | 2,347 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 002E | 2,213 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 005A | 1,812 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 005B | 1,720 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 005C | 1,834 | 146.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 005D | 2,120 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 005E | 1,921 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 006A | 1,300 | 365.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 006B | 1,447 | 226.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 006E | 2,204 | 469.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009A | 2,175 | 153.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009B | 2,057 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009C | 1,596 | 264.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009D | 1,402 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009E | 1,449 | 159.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 009F | 1,810 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010A | 1,609 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 75.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010B | 1,552 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010C | 1,269 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010D | 1,074 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010E | 1,378 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 010F | 1,857 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 011A | 1,332 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 011B | 1,550 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 011D | 1,734 | 129.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 011E | 1,655 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 012A | 1,396 | 172.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 012B | 1,522 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 012C | 1,397 | 159.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 012D | 1,462 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 012E | 1,499 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 013A | 1,609 | 165.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 013C | 2,936 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 013D | 1,307 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Ribble Valley 008D | 1,107 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.0% |
| Ribble Valley 008E | 1,468 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.8% |
MPs for BB2
- Mr Adnan HussainIndependentMP for Blackburn88% of BB2’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley6.7% of BB2’s postcodes
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen5.2% of BB2’s postcodes
- Sir Lindsay HoyleSpeakerMP for Chorley0.2% of BB2’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 BB28
Postcode sectors in BB28
Council1
Towns in BB21
Postcode districts next to BB26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BB postcode area2
BB2 in brief
BB2 is a postcode district covering Blackburn, in Blackburn with Darwen.
About 67,141 people lived in BB2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £187,500 in 2025 across 978 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB2 was £187,500 in 2025.
BB2 had 63,342 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in BB2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB2, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.