OL13 9PE

Bacup · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL13 9PF 64 m
OL13 9PB 75 m
OL13 9PQ 75 m
OL13 9PH 145 m
OL13 9PD 158 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL13 9PE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2002
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL13
Postcode sector
OL13 9
Latitude
53.698389
Longitude
-2.194890
British National Grid easting
387,230
British National Grid northing
422,455

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
E00128826
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 003E · E01025382
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 003 · E02005280

Postcode source versions

Explore OL13

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
18
Secondary
3
  1. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    484 m
  2. Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School

    Community school

    585 m
  3. Bacup Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,363
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 545
  • Anti social behaviour 249
  • Criminal damage and arson 143
  • Shoplifting 98
  • Other theft 89

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81027

    271 m

  • WATERFOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81132

    3.8 km

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Sandfield Rd

    BCT · Bacup

    0.0 miles
  • Sandfield Road Top

    BCT · Bacup

    0.0 miles
  • Sandfield Road Bottom

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Sandfield Road Bottom

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Greenhill Road

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 484 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,363 published events cover 12 months, averaging 113.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 545 events.

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