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PR2 5HW

Preston Rural East · Preston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Preston Rural East
Local authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR2
Postcode sector
PR2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR2 5HX 35 m
PR2 5HU 61 m
PR2 5JT 126 m
PR2 5DL 184 m
PR2 5DH 219 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR2 5HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR2
Postcode sector
PR2 5
Latitude
53.807865
Longitude
-2.618328
British National Grid easting
359,379
British National Grid northing
434,795

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Electoral ward
Preston Rural East · E05012204
Parish or community
E04005237
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128296
Lower layer super output area
Preston 001A · E01025278
Middle layer super output area
Preston 001 · E02005253

Postcode source versions

Explore PR2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
22
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge

    Academy converter

    419 m

  2. Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. St Cecilia's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
233
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 109
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Other theft 16
  • Other crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR2 5 residents
3,321

Age bands in PR2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.6%

789 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

429 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

890 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

1,058 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

664 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

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

4

within 5 km

  • STONEBRIDGE SURGERY

    PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3AP

    ODS code P81107

    2.3 km

  • BERRY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3JJ

    ODS code P81055

    2.8 km

  • RIBBLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    243 RIBBLETON AVENUE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6RD

    ODS code P81184

    4.5 km

  • DR A HUSSAIN

    200 MILLER ROAD, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6NH

    ODS code P81735

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Elston Lane

    BCT · Grimsargh

    0.1 miles

  • Elston Lane

    BCT · Grimsargh

    0.1 miles

  • Alston Lane RCPS

    BCT · Grimsargh

    0.2 miles

  • Alston Lane RCPS

    BCT · Grimsargh

    0.2 miles

  • Sunnybank

    BCT · Grimsargh

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 001A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,919 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge is the nearest published school at 419 m.

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

Recorded crime

233 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 109 events.

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