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BB3 3HA

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB3 2BF 18 m
BB3 2AA 20 m
BB3 2RE 46 m
BB3 1DJ 54 m
BB3 3HB 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 3HA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 3
Latitude
53.694836
Longitude
-2.466174
British National Grid easting
369,316
British National Grid northing
422,143

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
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 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Holy Trinity VC School

    Voluntary controlled school

    211 m

  2. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    222 m

  3. Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio

    Studio schools

    351 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,361
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,022
  • Anti social behaviour 398
  • Criminal damage and arson 183
  • Vehicle crime 153
  • Other theft 125

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB3 3 residents
9,610

Age bands in BB3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,614 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,032 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,326 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,418 residents

Age 65 and over
19.3%

1,766 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
25%

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

7

within 5 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    362 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81140

    362 m

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81633

    400 m

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    1.4 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    3.8 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    4.8 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81058

    4.9 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

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Darwen

    0.0 miles

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles

  • Victoria Street

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles

  • Bank Street

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station Set Down

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 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
2
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

38 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Holy Trinity VC School is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,361 published events cover 12 months, averaging 196.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,022 events.

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