BB5 5XL
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Property report — BB5 5XL
Open-data due diligence for BB5 5XL and the area around it.
BB5 5XL in brief: 37 recorded sales (£47,300–£287,500) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for BB5 5XL itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the BB5 5 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£153,674
Population
18,671
Crimes recorded
96
Schools
5
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
87%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in BB5 5, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (47 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | £287,500 | 4 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2023-09-13 | £259,950 | 7 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2020-04-09 | £190,000 | 10 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2019-11-22 | £243,500 | 1 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2017-02-17 | £139,000 | 11 COTTOM CROFT | Semi-detached |
| 2016-01-20 | £111,000 | 11 COTTOM CROFT | Semi-detached |
| 2014-08-12 | £195,000 | 14 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2012-08-17 | £192,500 | 12 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2011-12-02 | £180,000 | 6 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2007-10-10 | £185,950 | 19 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2007-09-24 | £215,000 | 25 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2007-06-15 | £155,500 | 11 COTTOM CROFT | Semi-detached |
| 2006-10-27 | £188,000 | 23 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2006-10-06 | £182,500 | 1 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2006-08-11 | £180,000 | 8 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2006-07-21 | £212,500 | 12 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2006-04-07 | £175,000 | 6 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2004-12-02 | £178,000 | 8 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2004-04-16 | £140,000 | 8 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2004-01-16 | £174,950 | 12 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2003-11-14 | £138,000 | 2 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2003-09-12 | £135,000 | 15 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2003-08-22 | £85,000 | 11 COTTOM CROFT | Semi-detached |
| 2003-08-08 | £139,000 | 21 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2003-07-21 | £145,000 | 16 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2001-08-24 | £89,950 | 3 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 2001-01-12 | £78,000 | 2 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1999-10-29 | £78,750 | 6 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1999-08-10 | £73,500 | 16 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1999-05-14 | £83,000 | 21 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1999-05-07 | £65,000 | 15 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1998-12-11 | £74,000 | 5 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1998-10-30 | £75,000 | 12 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1998-01-23 | £64,000 | 15 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1996-08-28 | £47,300 | 11 COTTOM CROFT | Semi-detached |
| 1996-04-30 | £80,000 | 9 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
| 1995-07-03 | £82,500 | 1 COTTOM CROFT | Detached |
37 recorded sales on BB5 5XL. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR. (0.5 mi) · GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP (0.8 mi) · THE WEAVERS PRACTICE (1.4 mi)
Nearest hospitals: ACCRINGTON VICTORIA HOSPITAL (1.7 mi) · CALDERSTONES HOSPITAL (3.6 mi) · ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL ELECTIVE SURGICAL HUB (4.5 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: SPARTH HOUSE (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · SPARTH MANOR (Grade II*) (0.2 mi) · THE BARN (Grade II) (0.4 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: WELL (0.5 mi) · TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (0.6 mi) · DIALACHEMIST LTD (0.8 mi)
Nearest stations: Huncoat (1.8 mi) · Rishton (1.8 mi) · Accrington (2.1 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Aldi (0.5 mi) · Co-op Food (0.5 mi) · Tesco (0.6 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 41
- One-person households
- 31%
- Households with children
- 30%
- Households
- 7,757
Owned 66% · Social rent 12% · Private rent 23%
Census 2021 (ONS), for BB5 5.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in BB5 5 (May 24–Apr 26, average 91/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for BB5 5XL in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictBB5 | SectorBB5 5 | PostcodeBB5 5XL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £155,555 | £153,674 | £143,753 |
| Population | 66,789 | 18,671 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 3/10 | 4/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 701 | 96 | — |
| Schools | 37 | 5 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 89% | 87% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 97% | 98% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (BB5 5); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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