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BB1 5RN

Little Harwood & Whitebirk · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 5RE 140 m
BB1 5RB 176 m
BB1 5UD 217 m
BB1 5FP 227 m
BB1 5QN 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB1 5RN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1986
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 5
Latitude
53.763693
Longitude
-2.454590
British National Grid easting
370,130
British National Grid northing
429,799

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
E00063552
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

View all nearby schools
Open schools
85
Primary
57
Secondary
10

  1. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    859 m

  2. Islamiyah School

    Other independent school

    914 m

  3. Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School

    Other independent school

    996 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,280
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 518
  • Anti social behaviour 189
  • Vehicle crime 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Public order 83

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

26

within 5 km straight-line

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    1.0 km

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    1.3 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    1.6 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    1.8 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    1.9 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    2.0 km

  • BROWNHILL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81155

    2.1 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    2.3 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    2.6 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    2.7 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81694

    2.7 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81125

    2.7 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

    3.1 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81214

    3.6 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    4.0 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.1 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    4.3 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    4.4 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    4.7 km

Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • ELC

    BCT · Blackburn

    0.1 miles

  • Promethean

    BCT · Blackburn

    0.1 miles

  • Glenfield Ind Est

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.2 miles

  • Glenfield Ind Est

    BCT · Little Harwood

    0.2 miles

  • Presspart

    BCT · Blackburn

    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

85 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 10 secondary schools. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 859 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,280 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 518 events.

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