Schools
28 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Ashleigh Primary School is the nearest published school at 543 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB3 2AU
Darwen South · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Darwen South
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB3 2AU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 2
- Latitude
- 53.686457
- Longitude
- -2.462266
- British National Grid easting
- 369,568
- British National Grid northing
- 421,209
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Darwen South · E05011515
- Parish or community
- E04012080
- Westminster constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
- Output area
- E00063599
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 017C · E01012616
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 017 · E02002631
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BB3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 28
- Primary
- 18
- Secondary
- 3
- 543 m
Ashleigh Primary School
Foundation school
- 570 m
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Voluntary aided school
- 685 m
Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,714
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 721
- Anti social behaviour 314
- Criminal damage and arson 136
- Vehicle crime 105
- Public order 93
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB3 2 residents
- 9,125
Age bands in BB3 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.9%
1,481 residents
922 residents
2,312 residents
2,539 residents
1,694 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ
ODS code P81633
605 m
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
1.2 km
DARWEN HEALTHLINK
DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81140
1.2 km
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
2.3 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Junction Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.0 miles
Mayfield Flats
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Mayfield Flats
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Cross Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Cross Street
BCT · Darwen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 017C, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
18,829 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
Recorded crime
1,714 published events cover 12 months, averaging 142.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 721 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.