Hoddlesden

15°CCloudy

• Today: 18° / 12° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

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

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 45% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: West Pennine · 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)

178 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darwen (2.1 km)
• 18 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: 155.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Darwen Market Rooftop Car Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds2

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

• In a conservation area (Hoddlesden)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 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)

• Schools4
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,375 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Hoddlesden – Flexible Schedule

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Imports 15% · Gas 13% · Solar 9%

56 gCO₂/kWh · 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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