M8 5WL

Crumpsall · Manchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Manchester
Postcode district
M8
Postcode sector
M8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
M8 5UL 34 m
M8 5UJ 65 m
M8 5UW 65 m
M8 5AT 92 m
M8 5UP 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
M8 5WL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
M
Postcode district
M8
Postcode sector
M8 5
Latitude
53.512938
Longitude
-2.233544
British National Grid easting
384,610
British National Grid northing
401,830

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Manchester · E08000003
Electoral ward
Crumpsall · E05011360
Parish or community
E43000157
Output area
E00180807
Lower layer super output area
Manchester 008F · E01005167
Middle layer super output area
Manchester 008 · E02001052

Postcode source versions

Explore M8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
156
Primary
92
Secondary
15
  1. Abraham Moss Community School

    Academy converter

    193 m
  2. St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester

    Voluntary aided school

    323 m
  3. Cravenwood Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    584 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
M8 5 residents
7,267

Age bands in M8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
26.9%

2,079 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.9%

1,075 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.1%

2,401 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.6%

1,516 residents

Age 65 and over
8.5%

655 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

54

within 5 km straight-line

  • WELLFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    53 CRESCENT ROAD, CRUMPSALL, MANCHESTER, M8 9JT

    ODS code P84074

    564 m

  • CRUMPSALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DELAUNAYS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 5RB

    ODS code P84684

    614 m

  • PARK VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    66 DELAUNAYS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 4RF

    ODS code P84645

    621 m

  • NEW COLLEGIATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    407 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, CHEETHAM HILL, MANCHESTER, M8 0DA

    ODS code P84030

    966 m

  • CHURCH VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CHURCH LANE, HARPURHEY, MANCHESTER, M9 4BE

    ODS code P84065

    1.3 km

  • CHEETHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    244 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 8AU

    ODS code P84046

    1.4 km

  • THE NEVILLE FAMILY CENTRE

    25 OLD MARKET STREET, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 8DX

    ODS code P84663

    1.4 km

  • VALENTINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SMETHURST STREET, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 8PP

    ODS code P84019

    1.4 km

  • FERNCLOUGH SURGERY

    TAVISTOCK SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M9 5RD

    ODS code P84605

    1.4 km

  • CONRAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    77 CHURCH LANE, HARPURHEY, MANCHESTER, M9 5BH

    ODS code P84040

    1.5 km

  • WILLOWBANK SURGERY

    1 WILLOW BANK, CHURCH LANE, MANCHESTER, M9 4WH

    ODS code P84679

    1.7 km

  • NEWBURY GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    55 RIGBY STREET, SALFORD, M7 4NX

    ODS code P87026

    1.9 km

  • REUT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NEWBURY PLACE HEALTH CENTRE, 55 RIGBY STREET, SALFORD, M7 4NX

    ODS code P87648

    1.9 km

  • DAM HEAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1020 ROCHDALE ROAD, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 7HD

    ODS code P84690

    2.0 km

  • WHITLEY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 WHITLEY ROAD, COLLYHURST, MANCHESTER, M40 7QH

    ODS code P84054

    2.1 km

  • ST GABRIEL'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 BISHOPS ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 0HT

    ODS code P83025

    2.3 km

  • SIMPSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    361 MOSTON LANE, MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 9NB

    ODS code Y02520

    2.4 km

  • BEACON MEDICAL CENTRE

    156 VICTORIA AVENUE, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 0FN

    ODS code P84033

    2.6 km

  • THE AVENUE MEDICAL CENTRE

    51-53 VICTORIA AVENUE, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 6BA

    ODS code P84049

    2.7 km

  • DR A CHAUDHRY & DR I JEET

    GREAT CLOWES STREET, SALFORD, M7 1RD

    ODS code P87654

    2.7 km

Showing 20 of 54 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Ash Tree Road

    BCT · Cheetham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Charminster Drive

    BCT · Cheetham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Ash Tree Road

    BCT · Cheetham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Saddlecote Close

    BCT · Higher Crumpsall

    0.1 miles
  • Saddlecote Close

    BCT · Higher Crumpsall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 008F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,777 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

156 open schools are in scope, including 92 primary and 15 secondary schools. Abraham Moss Community School is the nearest published school at 193 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.