OL13 9AE

Bacup · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bacup
Ward
Bacup
Local authority
Rossendale
Postcode district
OL13
Postcode sector
OL13 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL13 9AG 6 m
OL13 9AH 21 m
OL13 9AR 25 m
OL13 9AS 50 m
OL13 9NH 56 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL13 9AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL13
Postcode sector
OL13 9
Latitude
53.703630
Longitude
-2.200080
British National Grid easting
386,889
British National Grid northing
423,039

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rossendale · E07000125
Electoral ward
Bacup · E05015817
Parish or community
E43000099
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00128820
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 003E · E01025382
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 003 · E02005280

Postcode source versions

Explore OL13

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Yorkshire Street, Bacup, OL13 9AE 27 February 2025 £152,000
18, Yorkshire Street, Bacup, OL13 9AE 29 September 2020 £225,000
Pine House, Yorkshire Street, Bacup, OL13 9AE 24 May 2018 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Bacup Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    413 m
  2. Bacup Thorn Primary School

    Community school

    413 m
  3. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    672 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,308
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 525
  • Anti social behaviour 232
  • Criminal damage and arson 135
  • Shoplifting 98
  • Other theft 86

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

8 female, 11 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.5
OL13 9 residents
8,165

Age bands in OL13 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.1%

1,641 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

800 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,060 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,018 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,253 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL13 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81027

    447 m

  • WATERFOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WATERFOOT HEALTH CENTRE, COWPE ROAD, WATERFOOT, ROSSENDALE, BB4 7DN

    ODS code P81132

    3.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Yorkshire Street

    BCT · Bacup

    0.0 miles
  • St James Gardens

    BCT · Bacup

    0.0 miles
  • St James Gardens

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 003E, 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

2,337 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
18
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £152,000 from 1 recorded sale in OL13 9AE. 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.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bacup Nursery School is the nearest published school at 413 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,308 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 525 events.

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