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BB1 5FP

Little Harwood & Whitebirk · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Little Harwood & Whitebirk
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB1 5RB 207 m
BB1 5QB 209 m
BB1 5PG 256 m
BB1 5RZ 256 m
BB1 3NU 263 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB1 5FP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 5
Latitude
53.761710
Longitude
-2.453780
British National Grid easting
370,182
British National Grid northing
429,578

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Electoral ward
Little Harwood & Whitebirk · E05011518
Parish or community
E43000279
Westminster constituency
Blackburn · E14001102
Output area
E00063551
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 001A · E01012607
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 001 · E02002615

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
88
Primary
59
Secondary
10

  1. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    796 m

  2. Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda

    Other independent school

    890 m

  3. Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School

    Other independent school

    925 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,536
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 641
  • Anti social behaviour 229
  • Criminal damage and arson 112
  • Other theft 110
  • Vehicle crime 102

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB1 5 residents
8,722

Age bands in BB1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.4%

2,071 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.9%

1,407 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.5%

2,431 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.3%

1,878 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

1,049 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

27

within 5 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    951 m

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    1.4 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    1.5 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    1.6 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    1.8 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    1.8 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    2.3 km

  • BROWNHILL SURGERY

    788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA

    ODS code P81155

    2.3 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    2.4 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    2.4 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81694

    2.6 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81125

    2.6 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    2.7 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

    ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS

    ODS code P81058

    3.0 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

    293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL

    ODS code P81214

    3.6 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    3.9 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    3.9 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    4.3 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

    GREAT HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, WATER STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN, BB6 7QR

    ODS code P81730

    4.4 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    4.6 km

Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Glenfield Ind Est

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.2 miles

  • Glenfield Ind Est

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.2 miles

  • ELC

    BCT · Blackburn

    0.2 miles

  • Phoenix Business Park

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.3 miles

  • Fountains Avenue

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 001A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,774 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

88 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 10 secondary schools. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 796 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,536 published events cover 12 months, averaging 128 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 641 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.