BB4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rawtenstall and Haslingden, in Rossendale.
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 BB4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in BB4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB4 at a rate of 83.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 297 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,427), anti-social behaviour (769) and other crime (512).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB4 was 90.5 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 BB4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB4 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossendale 001A | 2,386 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Rossendale 001B | 2,036 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| Rossendale 001C | 2,038 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.0% |
| Rossendale 001D | 1,422 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| Rossendale 002A | 1,368 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| Rossendale 002B | 1,404 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Rossendale 002C | 1,558 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Rossendale 002D | 1,561 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.2% |
| Rossendale 002E | 1,326 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.3% |
| Rossendale 002F | 1,741 | 136.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Rossendale 002G | 1,384 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.1% |
| Rossendale 004A | 1,495 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.9% |
| Rossendale 004C | 1,648 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| Rossendale 004D | 1,229 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Rossendale 004F | 1,883 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| Rossendale 004G | 2,697 | 200.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| Rossendale 007A | 1,563 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.6% |
| Rossendale 007B | 1,559 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.4% |
| Rossendale 007C | 1,462 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Rossendale 007D | 1,510 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Rossendale 008C | 1,449 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.7% |
| Rossendale 008D | 1,238 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.8% |
| Rossendale 010A | 1,411 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Rossendale 010B | 1,454 | 128.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Rossendale 010C | 1,546 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Rossendale 010D | 1,219 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.8% |
| Rossendale 010E | 1,509 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
MPs for BB4
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen76% of BB4’s postcodes
- Sarah SmithLabourMP for Hyndburn24% of BB4’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.
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BB4 in brief
BB4 is a postcode district covering Rawtenstall and Haslingden, in Rossendale.
About 43,841 people lived in BB4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 698 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB4 was £200,000 in 2025.
BB4 had 42,400 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in BB4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB4, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.