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BB5 3DZ

St Andrew's · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Andrew's
Local authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB5 3EG 20 m
BB5 3EW 28 m
BB5 3DT 51 m
BB5 3EL 52 m
BB5 3LU 68 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 3DZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 3
Latitude
53.744670
Longitude
-2.394993
British National Grid easting
374,047
British National Grid northing
427,659

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Electoral ward
St Andrew's · E05005219
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127271
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 007C · E01025076
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 007 · E02005218

Postcode source versions

Explore BB5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
43
Secondary
7

  1. Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    266 m

  2. Rhyddings

    Academy converter

    284 m

  3. Oswaldtwistle School

    Pupil referral unit

    324 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,160
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,318
  • Anti social behaviour 566
  • Criminal damage and arson 249
  • Vehicle crime 229
  • Shoplifting 172

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
BB5 3 residents
7,849

Age bands in BB5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,268 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

813 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.7%

1,891 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

2,231 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,777 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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
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

15

within 5 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    426 m

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code Y02605

    1.1 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81166

    1.1 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81726

    1.1 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

    ACORN PRIMARY HEALTH C C, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81182

    1.1 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    1.2 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    1.6 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ACCRINGTON PALS PHCC, 1 PARADISE STREET, ACCRINGTON, BB5 2EJ

    ODS code P81036

    2.0 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    2.9 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

    WELLINGTON STREET, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5HU

    ODS code P81218

    3.4 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    3.9 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    4.1 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    4.6 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    4.8 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    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

  • Civic Theatre

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Watson Street

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Community Centre

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Civic Theatre

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Watson Street

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 007C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,032 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

62 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 7 secondary schools. Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 266 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,160 published events cover 12 months, averaging 263.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,318 events.

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