BB9 postcode area guide — Pendle
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BB9 postcode district in Pendle — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BB9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
87.4%
Gigabit-capable
87.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the BB9 postcode district (Pendle) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,295 postcodes Ofcom measures in BB9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 87.4%.
Around 0.3% of premises in BB9 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 BB9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BB9 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AP | 100% | 100% |
| BB9 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Pendle
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Pendle district (45,269 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
89.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
38.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
91%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BB9
Police recorded 401 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BB9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 171 | 42.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 59 | 14.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 35 | 8.7% |
| Shoplifting | 25 | 6.2% |
| Drugs | 23 | 5.7% |
| Other theft | 22 | 5.5% |
| Burglary | 19 | 4.7% |
| Public order | 19 | 4.7% |
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 BB9
Based on 513 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BB9 is £115,000, essentially flat on the previous year (£115,000).
Detached
£332,500
45 sales
Semi-detached
£170,000
104 sales
Terraced
£90,000
332 sales
Flat / maisonette
£95,000
11 sales
Latest recorded sales in BB9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £95,000 | Terraced | Railway Street | BB9 0JE |
| 20 May 2026 | £110,000 | Terraced | Leeds Road | BB9 8RP |
| 19 May 2026 | £100,000 | Terraced | Every Street | BB9 7BZ |
| 15 May 2026 | £231,000 | Semi-detached | Moorland Drive | BB9 5ER |
| 11 May 2026 | £112,500 | Terraced | Halifax Road | BB9 5BJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £92,000 | Terraced | Malvern Road | BB9 8JR |
| 7 May 2026 | £67,500 | Terraced | Fir Street | BB9 9HT |
| 7 May 2026 | £67,500 | Terraced | Fir Street | BB9 9HT |
| 6 May 2026 | £97,000 | Terraced | Avondale Road | BB9 0DA |
| 5 May 2026 | £85,000 | Terraced | Burnley Road | BB9 5JH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Pendle demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Pendle district (95,757 residents, 38,066 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21.4% |
| 15–29 | 22.7% |
| 30–44 | 19.1% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 18% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65% |
| Private rented | 23% |
| Social rented | 8.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BB9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsden Heights Community College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,047 | BB9 0PR |
| Pendle Vale College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,046 | BB9 8LF |
| Walverden Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 448 | BB9 0TL |
| Bradley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 417 | BB9 7RF |
| Pendle Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 415 | BB9 5AW |
| Marsden Community Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 415 | BB9 0BE |
| Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 408 | BB9 0PY |
| Castercliff Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 387 | BB9 8JJ |
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 BB9
324 rated food businesses operate in BB9. 184 hold the top rating of 5, 62 are rated 4, and 29 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 117 Bistro Bar, 247 Convenience, Absolute Futbol, Aby's Biryani Nelson, Adams Curry House.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BB9
From a sample of 323 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BB9 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 20% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
6%
Band C
13%
Band D
40%
Band E
28%
Band F
9%
Band G
3%
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 Pendle
Landlines around BB9 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.