BB12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Padiham, Whittlefield and Habergham, in Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BB12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BB12, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BB12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB12 at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 324 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,467), anti-social behaviour (767) and other crime (504).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB12 was 97.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BB12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB12 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley 002B | 1,409 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.0% |
| Burnley 003D | 2,054 | 792.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.3% |
| Burnley 003E | 2,005 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Burnley 004A | 1,561 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Burnley 004B | 1,660 | 151.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Burnley 004C | 1,623 | 262.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| Burnley 004D | 1,536 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Burnley 004E | 1,266 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.3% |
| Burnley 004F | 1,679 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Burnley 005A | 1,619 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Burnley 005B | 1,448 | 121.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Burnley 005C | 1,345 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 74.3% |
| Burnley 005D | 1,272 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Burnley 005E | 1,392 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Burnley 006A | 1,411 | 148.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Burnley 006B | 1,435 | 192.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Burnley 006C | 1,961 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Burnley 006D | 1,841 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Burnley 011B | 1,543 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Burnley 011D | 1,729 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Pendle 008E | 1,714 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.1% |
| Pendle 008F | 1,585 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.7% |
| Ribble Valley 005B | 1,417 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.6% |
| Ribble Valley 005C | 1,237 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.3% |
MPs for BB12
- Oliver RyanLabour (Co-op)MP for Burnley75% of BB12’s postcodes
- Jonathan HinderLabourMP for Pendle and Clitheroe25% of BB12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BB123
Postcode sectors in BB125
Councils BB12 covers3
Towns in BB122
Postcode districts next to BB126
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BB postcode area2
BB12 in brief
BB12 is a postcode district covering Padiham, Whittlefield and Habergham, in Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley.
About 37,364 people lived in BB12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £159,950 in 2025 across 592 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB12 was £159,950 in 2025.
BB12 had 36,075 usual residents at the census.
In BB12, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BB12, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.