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PR3 5GF

Preston Rural North · Preston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Preston Rural North
Local authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 5BT 0 m
PR3 5BU 0 m
PR3 5DP 317 m
PR3 5DS 327 m
PR3 5HB 393 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 5GF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 5
Latitude
53.819424
Longitude
-2.728729
British National Grid easting
352,122
British National Grid northing
436,150

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Electoral ward
Preston Rural North · E05012205
Parish or community
E04005234
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128304
Lower layer super output area
Preston 002D · E01025281
Middle layer super output area
Preston 002 · E02005254

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
5

  1. St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham

    Academy converter

    866 m

  2. Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

  3. Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
225
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 90
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Burglary 18
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR3 5 residents
3,436

Age bands in PR3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

675 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

321 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

817 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,010 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

859 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH

    ODS code P81103

    3.3 km

  • LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB

    ODS code P81015

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Animal Centre

    BCT · Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Amimal Centre

    BCT · Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Station Lane

    BCT · Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Station Lane

    BCT · Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Fairlie Drive

    BCT · Barton

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 002D, 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

29,525 of 33,755

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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham is the nearest published school at 866 m.

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

Recorded crime

225 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 90 events.

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