BB9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Nelson, Bradley and Little Marsden, 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 BB9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 47% of people in BB9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB9 at a rate of 101.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 440 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,185), anti-social behaviour (1,132) and other crime (812).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB9 was 106.3 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 BB9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB9 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendle 008A | 1,462 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Pendle 008B | 1,490 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.5% |
| Pendle 008C | 1,985 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Pendle 008D | 1,644 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.2% |
| Pendle 009A | 1,804 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Pendle 009B | 1,892 | 210.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Pendle 009C | 1,955 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Pendle 009D | 2,056 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Pendle 010A | 2,302 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Pendle 010B | 1,780 | 138.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Pendle 010C | 1,970 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Pendle 010D | 1,646 | 129.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Pendle 010E | 1,368 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| Pendle 010F | 1,400 | 100.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Pendle 011A | 2,535 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Pendle 011B | 1,825 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Pendle 011C | 2,903 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| Pendle 011D | 2,255 | 166.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% |
| Pendle 012A | 1,513 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Pendle 012B | 1,722 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Pendle 012C | 1,708 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Pendle 012D | 2,365 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.1% |
| Pendle 013A | 2,163 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| Pendle 013B | 2,011 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| Pendle 013E | 1,491 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.0% |
| Pendle 013F | 1,598 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for BB9
- Jonathan HinderLabourMP for Pendle and Clitheroe77% of BB9’s postcodes
- Oliver RyanLabour (Co-op)MP for Burnley23% of BB9’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley0.1% of BB9’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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Council1
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Nearest rail stations3
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BB9 in brief
BB9 is a postcode district covering Nelson, Bradley and Little Marsden, in Pendle.
About 53,173 people lived in BB9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £120,500 in 2025 across 623 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB9 was £120,500 in 2025.
BB9 had 49,975 usual residents at the census.
About 47% of people in BB9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB9, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.