BB6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Great Harwood, Harwood Bar and Langho, in Hyndburn and Ribble Valley.
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 BB6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 82% of people in BB6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB6 at a rate of 76.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (478), anti-social behaviour (235) and other crime (166).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB6 was 98.2 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 BB6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB6 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyndburn 001A | 1,453 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 001B | 1,596 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.6% |
| Hyndburn 001C | 1,692 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Hyndburn 001D | 1,494 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Hyndburn 001E | 1,569 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Hyndburn 001F | 1,648 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Hyndburn 001G | 1,563 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Ribble Valley 007B | 2,052 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| Ribble Valley 007C | 1,294 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
MPs for BB6
- Sarah SmithLabourMP for Hyndburn74% of BB6’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley26% of BB6’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 BB61
Postcode sectors in BB62
Councils BB6 covers2
Towns in BB61
Postcode districts next to BB64
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BB postcode area2
BB6 in brief
BB6 is a postcode district covering Great Harwood, Harwood Bar and Langho, in Hyndburn and Ribble Valley.
About 15,242 people lived in BB6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 245 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB6 was £195,000 in 2025.
BB6 had 14,636 usual residents at the census.
About 82% of people in BB6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB6, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.