BB3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Darwen, 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 BB3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
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.
How BB3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
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
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen 011C | 1,577 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 013B | 1,659 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 014A | 1,373 | 194.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 014B | 1,312 | 181.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.7% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 014C | 1,542 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 014D | 1,198 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 014E | 1,423 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 015A | 1,332 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 015B | 1,634 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 015C | 1,546 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 015D | 1,462 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 016A | 1,538 | 131.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.8% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 016B | 1,518 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 016C | 1,554 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.3% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 016D | 1,732 | 316.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017A | 1,659 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017B | 1,375 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017C | 1,971 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.5% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017D | 1,353 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017E | 1,116 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 68.2% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 017F | 1,488 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen 018A | 1,923 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.9% |
MPs for BB3
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen99% of BB3’s postcodes
- Mr Adnan HussainIndependentMP for Blackburn0.8% of BB3’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 BB34
Postcode sectors in BB35
Council1
Towns in BB32
Postcode districts next to BB34
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BB postcode area2
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.