Property market
The five-year median is £142,000 from 1,550 recorded sales in OL13. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Rossendale is £193,320 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.
OL13
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 842
- Current units
- 658
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 184
Postcode sectors in OL13
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,422 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 44, Dale Street, Bacup, OL13 8BY | 20 July 2026 | £140,000 |
| 24, Crooked Shore, Bacup, OL13 8AH | 17 July 2026 | £145,000 |
| 5, St Johns Court, Bacup, OL13 9BS | 10 July 2026 | £150,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,782
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 727
- Anti social behaviour 336
- Criminal damage and arson 177
- Other theft 117
- Shoplifting 98
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL13 usual residents
- 16,577
- Age-profile population
- 16,371
Age bands in OL13
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.2%
- 3,148 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 1,693 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- 4,139 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- 4,506 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
- 2,885 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 634 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 608 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 570 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE
IRWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, IRWELL MILL, ROCHDALE ROAD, BACUP, OL13 9NR
ODS code P81027
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,782 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 727 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.