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OL12 8NE

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 8NA 64 m
OL12 8NB 68 m
OL12 8BD 90 m
OL12 8ND 175 m
OL12 8LU 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL12 8NE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL12
Postcode sector
OL12 8
Latitude
53.671866
Longitude
-2.171003
British National Grid easting
388,800
British National Grid northing
419,500

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
E00128709
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 009A · E01025359
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
23
Primary
16
Secondary
2

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

    Voluntary aided school

    765 m

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

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. Whitworth Community High School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
355
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 161
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Other theft 18
  • Public order 15

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    1.2 km

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81027

    3.6 km

  • HEALEY SURGERY

    WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN

    ODS code P86013

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Shawforth

    0.0 miles

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Leavengreave

    0.1 miles

  • Market Street

    BCT · Leavengreave

    0.1 miles

  • Market Street

    BCT · Leavengreave

    0.2 miles

  • Oak Street

    BCT · Leavengreave

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 009A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,667 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth is the nearest published school at 765 m.

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

Recorded crime

355 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 161 events.

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