Darwen

13°CMist

• Today: 18° / 13° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

178 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences98
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Other theft10

Neighbourhood team: Darwen East · Lancashire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

285 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 401 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

220 food businesses within 2 miles

• 162 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darwen (0.0 km)
• 93 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,882 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Blackburn with Darwen · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£713 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £534
• 2 bed £661
• 3 bed £781

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Darwen Market Rooftop Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,735 residents in Blackburn with Darwen · 1,129/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 14 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

36% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 64,050)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

90 schools · 29,988 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

78inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Blackburn with Darwen

151 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices30
• Dentists31
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Blackburn with Darwen

• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

122 applications decided

98.4% granted · 120 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 5
• Ref 9
• Oth 17

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,375 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

244 jobs advertised · £39,801 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Software Trainer

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,707 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 76,015 certificates

14.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

98% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Wind 27% · Biomass 14% · Gas 2%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81 yrs women · 76.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.4 women · 54 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office550 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test483 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s424 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership361 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Darwen railway station · 0.0 km

  Darwen railway station serves Darwen, a town in Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1847 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway, which was subsequently taken over by the Lancashire and Yorksh…

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  Darwen Library · 0.2 km

  Darwen Library is a Carnegie library in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1908 and is located on Knott Street.

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  Darwen · 0.3 km

  Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The town lies on the River Darwen, which flows from south to no…

• Marsh House, Darwen · 0.3 km

  Marsh House is an area of Darwen, Lancashire, England.

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  Darwen Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Darwen Town Hall is a municipal building in Croft Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is the meeting place of Darwen Town Council.

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  St Peter's Church, Darwen · 0.3 km

  St Peter's Church is in Bank Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church…

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