163 Sandy Lane, Darwen BB3 0PL

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 86 m² · Unknown · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,749
per year at grade D
£1,216
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,135 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 January 2018£100,000
5 November 2007£135,000
1 March 2006£105,000

Estimated today: £152,468 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sandy Lane: 121 sales since 1995 · £158,114 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE PrimaryPrimary0.5 mi
Lower Darwen Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Darwen Vale High SchoolSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Blackburn Central High SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.25 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

13.1
crimes a month
144
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012599, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sandy Lane

How this home sits against its street.

59
graded homes
58.2
average score
D
most common grade
-0.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.