BB8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Colne, in Pendle.
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 BB8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in BB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB8 at a rate of 110.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 199 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (998), anti-social behaviour (573) and other crime (371).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB8 was 126.5 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 BB8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB8 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle 006A | 1,850 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.0% |
| Pendle 006B | 1,494 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| Pendle 006C | 1,854 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.2% |
| Pendle 006D | 1,736 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.3% |
| Pendle 007A | 1,557 | 161.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% |
| Pendle 007B | 1,968 | 183.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| Pendle 007C | 1,898 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Pendle 014A | 1,208 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| Pendle 014B | 1,477 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Pendle 014C | 1,535 | 165.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Pendle 014D | 1,480 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| Pendle 014E | 1,241 | 155.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Pendle 014F | 1,220 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Pendle 014G | 1,189 | 277.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Pendle 014H | 1,417 | 171.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
Your MP
- Jonathan HinderLabourMP for Pendle and Clitheroe
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 BB83
Postcode sectors in BB84
Council1
Towns in BB81
Postcode districts next to BB85
Nearest rail stations1
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BB8 in brief
BB8 is a postcode district covering Colne, in Pendle.
About 23,833 people lived in BB8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 408 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB8 was £160,000 in 2025.
BB8 had 23,129 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in BB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB8, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.