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BB3 2AY

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

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB3 2PG 82 m
BB3 2AZ 95 m
BB3 1AE 108 m
BB3 2SW 129 m
BB3 2FB 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 2AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 2
Latitude
53.690628
Longitude
-2.464447
British National Grid easting
369,427
British National Grid northing
421,674

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
E00171883
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 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen

    Voluntary aided school

    366 m

  2. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    392 m

  3. Turncroft Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    481 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,145
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 928
  • Anti social behaviour 377
  • Criminal damage and arson 171
  • Vehicle crime 146
  • Other theft 115

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%
1,481 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.3%
922 residents
Age 25 to 44
25.8%
2,312 residents
Age 45 to 64
28.4%
2,539 residents
Age 65 and over
18.9%
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.

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
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81633

    157 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    734 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81140

    734 m

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    1.9 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Mill Gap Street

    BCT · Darwen

    115 m

  • Mill Gap Street

    BCT · Darwen

    119 m

  • India Mill

    BCT · Darwen

    198 m

  • India Street

    BCT · Darwen

    214 m

  • The Black Horse

    BCT · Darwen

    237 m

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.

Evidence in context

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen is the nearest published school at 366 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,145 published events cover 12 months, averaging 179 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 928 events.

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