PR4 5DX

Longton & Hutton West · South Ribble · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
South Ribble
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 5SW 141 m
PR4 4SL 263 m
PR4 4SJ 462 m
PR4 5DG 468 m
PR4 5NR 488 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR4 5DX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 5
Latitude
53.720185
Longitude
-2.770535
British National Grid easting
349,250
British National Grid northing
425,138

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
South Ribble · E07000126
Parish or community
E04005296
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00129112
Lower layer super output area
South Ribble 010A · E01025439
Middle layer super output area
South Ribble 010 · E02005296

Postcode source versions

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Springbrook Gardens, Longton, Preston, PR4 5DX 18 December 2025 £825,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton

    Voluntary aided school

    697 m
  2. Longton Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km
  3. Hutton Church of England Grammar School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
247
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Anti social behaviour 66
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Other theft 19
  • Public order 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR4 5 residents
8,476

Age bands in PR4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,197 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

760 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,495 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

2,516 residents

Age 65 and over
29.3%

2,475 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

7

within 5 km

  • LONGTON HEALTH CENTRE

    LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 5HA

    ODS code P81040

    1.1 km

  • BEECHES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 5AB

    ODS code P81692

    1.4 km

  • NEW LONGTON SURGERY

    THE VILLAGE SURGERY, 2 CHURCHSIDE, NEW LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 4LU

    ODS code P81687

    1.8 km

  • KINGSFOLD MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOODCROFT CLOSE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 9BX

    ODS code P81181

    3.5 km

  • ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE

    COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR

    ODS code P81213

    4.1 km

  • ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE

    2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD

    ODS code P81018

    4.3 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    4.4 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

  • Chapel Park Road

    BCT · Longton

    0.4 miles
  • Chapel Park Road

    BCT · Longton

    0.4 miles
  • St Oswalds RCPS

    BCT · Longton

    0.4 miles
  • St Oswalds RCPS

    BCT · Longton

    0.4 miles
  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · New Longton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Ribble 010A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,592 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £825,000 from 1 recorded sale in PR4 5DX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Ribble is £211,854 in June 2026, up 4.7% year on year.

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton is the nearest published school at 697 m.

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

Recorded crime

247 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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