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OL12 8EW

Whitworth · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Whitworth
Local authority
Rossendale
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Postcode district
OL12
Postcode sector
OL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL12 8EN 6 m
OL12 8EP 101 m
OL12 8EL 110 m
OL12 8EG 184 m
OL12 8HA 189 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL12 8EW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2007
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL12
Postcode sector
OL12 8
Latitude
53.679068
Longitude
-2.162676
British National Grid easting
389,352
British National Grid northing
420,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rossendale · E07000125
Electoral ward
Whitworth · E05015826
Parish or community
E04005291
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00128710
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 009B · E01025360
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 009 · E02005286

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    115 m

  2. Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

  3. Britannia Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
234
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 119
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Other theft 14
  • Burglary 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OL12 8 residents
7,601

Age bands in OL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,305 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

749 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.4%

1,823 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,338 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,583 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    2.1 km

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    IRWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, IRWELL MILL, ROCHDALE ROAD, BACUP, OL13 9NR

    ODS code P81027

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Land Gate

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.1 miles

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.2 miles

  • Chapel

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.2 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 009B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,044 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 115 m.

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

Recorded crime

234 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 119 events.

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