BB1 postcode area guide — Blackburn with Darwen
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BB1 postcode district in Blackburn with Darwen — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BB1
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.8%
Gigabit-capable
80.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BB1 postcode district (Blackburn with Darwen) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,299 postcodes Ofcom measures in BB1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.8%.
Around 0% of premises in BB1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BB1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BB1 1AB | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BB1 1AF | 0% | 0% |
| BB1 1AG | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 1AQ | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 1BA | 100% | 100% |
| BB1 1BB | 100% | 100% |
| BB1 1BD | 100% | 100% |
| BB1 1BG | 100% | 85.7% |
| BB1 1BH | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Blackburn with Darwen
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Blackburn With Darwen district (70,208 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
86.3%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BB1
Police recorded 340 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BB1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 164 | 48.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 51 | 15.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 32 | 9.4% |
| Public order | 28 | 8.2% |
| Shoplifting | 14 | 4.1% |
| Drugs | 11 | 3.2% |
| Other theft | 11 | 3.2% |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 2.9% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BB1
Based on 508 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BB1 is £165,000, up 3.1% on the previous year (£160,000).
Detached
£290,000
55 sales
Semi-detached
£185,000
202 sales
Terraced
£118,500
193 sales
Flat / maisonette
£82,000
27 sales
Latest recorded sales in BB1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £163,000 | Semi-detached | Lyndhurst Avenue | BB1 3NQ |
| 18 May 2026 | £55,000 | Terraced | Accrington Road | BB1 2AL |
| 15 May 2026 | £93,000 | Terraced | Hardman Close | BB1 2DT |
| 11 May 2026 | £182,000 | Semi-detached | Topaz Street | BB1 9RY |
| 11 May 2026 | £181,000 | Semi-detached | The Limes | BB1 8FE |
| 8 May 2026 | £95,000 | Terraced | Cliff Street | BB1 4EF |
| 8 May 2026 | £203,000 | Semi-detached | The Oaks | BB1 8FA |
| 7 May 2026 | £142,500 | Semi-detached | Valley Lane | BB1 1PH |
| 5 May 2026 | £61,000 | Terraced | Arran Avenue | BB1 2ET |
| 1 May 2026 | £221,000 | Terraced | Whalley Old Road | BB1 5NZ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Blackburn with Darwen demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Blackburn with Darwen district (154,735 residents, 58,767 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22.8% |
| 15–29 | 25% |
| 30–44 | 19.8% |
| 45–64 | 17.9% |
| 65+ | 14.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 60.5% |
| Private rented | 20.2% |
| Social rented | 14.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BB1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleckgate High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,339 | BB1 8QA |
| Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 770 | BB1 1PY |
| The Hyndburn Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 641 | BB1 4ED |
| Lammack Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 548 | BB1 8LH |
| Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 464 | BB1 1NE |
| Roe Lee Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 424 | BB1 9RP |
| Cedars Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 407 | BB1 8HQ |
| St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn | Primary | 2–11 | 395 | BB1 8EG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BB1
519 rated food businesses operate in BB1. 295 hold the top rating of 5, 65 are rated 4, and 49 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 106 County Bar, A Quarter of, Acorn House, Admiral, AGE UK.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BB1
From a sample of 248 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 BB1 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 31% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
2%
Band C
29%
Band D
45%
Band E
16%
Band F
5%
Band G
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Blackburn with Darwen
Landlines around BB1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.