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BB5 3FE

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 3FG 0 m
BB5 3FH 0 m
BB5 3LP 39 m
BB5 3JS 53 m
BB5 3LJ 53 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 3FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 3
Latitude
53.742823
Longitude
-2.399251
British National Grid easting
373,765
British National Grid northing
427,455

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
E00127269
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 007C · E01025076
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 007 · E02005218

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
66
Primary
45
Secondary
8

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    168 m

  2. Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School

    Community school

    230 m

  3. Oswaldtwistle White Ash School

    Community special school

    535 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,512
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,035
  • Anti social behaviour 458
  • Criminal damage and arson 191
  • Vehicle crime 180
  • Shoplifting 153

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

15

within 5 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    403 m

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    1.4 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    1.4 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    1.4 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    1.4 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    1.5 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    1.9 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    2.4 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    3.0 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    3.6 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    3.6 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    3.8 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    4.3 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    4.5 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Library

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Commercial Street

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Community Centre

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles

  • Community Centre

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

66 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 8 secondary schools. Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 168 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,512 published events cover 12 months, averaging 209.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,035 events.

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