Property market
The five-year median is £175,000 from 6,840 recorded sales in PR2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Preston is £187,709 in June 2026, up 12.4% year on year.
PR2
UK postcode district
Part of Preston
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 3,066
- Current units
- 1,792
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 16
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,274
Postcode sectors in PR2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
44,163 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 34, Britannia Drive, Ashton On Ribble, Preston, PR2 2YD | 20 July 2026 | £66,000 |
| 8, Royal Drive, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3AF | 17 July 2026 | £132,000 |
| 20, Armstrong Street, Ashton On Ribble, Preston, PR2 2LB | 17 July 2026 | £124,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 27
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8,077
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,196
- Anti social behaviour 1,344
- Criminal damage and arson 716
- Shoplifting 539
- Other theft 537
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PR2 usual residents
- 80,048
- Age-profile population
- 80,291
Age bands in PR2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 15,142 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 8,916 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- 21,001 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- 20,969 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.8%
- 14,263 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 1,680 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
- 21.3%
In this district, 1,624 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,463 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 4 postcode units 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
7
in this district
BRIARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
514 BLACKPOOL ROAD, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, ASHTON BANK, PRESTON, PR2 1HY
ODS code P81748
DR A HUSSAIN
200 MILLER ROAD, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6NH
ODS code P81735
LANE ENDS SURGERY
200 TULKETH BROW, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 2JJ
ODS code P81119
LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY
1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB
ODS code P81015
NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH
ODS code P81103
RIBBLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
243 RIBBLETON AVENUE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6RD
ODS code P81184
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
COTTAM LANE, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 1JR
ODS code P81664
Evidence in context
Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,077 published events cover 12 months, averaging 673 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,196 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.