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PR5 3LP

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 8LP 17 m
PR7 6NB 137 m
PR26 8LR 187 m
PR26 8LN 342 m
PR26 8LQ 386 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 3LP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 3
Latitude
53.662993
Longitude
-2.740556
British National Grid easting
351,162
British National Grid northing
418,754

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · E05013075
Parish or community
E04005158
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126769
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007C · E01024975
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 007 · E02005195

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
20
Secondary
5

  1. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. Eccleston Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  3. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
44
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Drugs 4
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    2.1 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    3.2 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    3.6 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    3.6 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    4.2 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARYS GATE, EUXTON, CHORLEY, PR7 6AH

    ODS code P81171

    4.3 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • New Lane

    BCT · Ulnes Walton

    0.0 miles

  • New Lane

    BCT · Ulnes Walton

    0.0 miles

  • Ulnes Walton Lane

    BCT · Ulnes Walton

    0.1 miles

  • Ulnes Walton Lane

    BCT · Ulnes Walton

    0.1 miles

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Croston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,885 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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