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BB3 1BQ

Darwen East · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Darwen East
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB3 1BH 15 m
BB3 1BG 40 m
BB3 1BE 46 m
BB3 1BW 60 m
BB3 1BN 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 1BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 1
Latitude
53.695848
Longitude
-2.467139
British National Grid easting
369,253
British National Grid northing
422,256

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Electoral ward
Darwen East · E05011514
Parish or community
E04012080
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00181555
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 016D · E01012654
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 016 · E02002630

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
24
Secondary
5

  1. Holy Trinity VC School

    Voluntary controlled school

    183 m

  2. Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio

    Studio schools

    249 m

  3. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    334 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,477
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,108
  • Anti social behaviour 407
  • Criminal damage and arson 194
  • Vehicle crime 157
  • Other theft 123

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB3 1 residents
6,401

Age bands in BB3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

1,244 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

782 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.7%

1,966 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

1,891 residents

Age 65 and over
17%

1,209 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

8

within 5 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    283 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

    DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81140

    283 m

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

    SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ

    ODS code P81633

    513 m

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    1.3 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    3.6 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    4.7 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81058

    4.8 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    5.0 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Station Set Down

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

  • Circus

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 016D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,487 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Holy Trinity VC School is the nearest published school at 183 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,477 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,108 events.

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