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PR5 3NQ

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 7XN 203 m
PR26 7LG 224 m
PR26 8LU 227 m
PR25 3JZ 250 m
PR26 7UT 265 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 3NQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 3
Latitude
53.686796
Longitude
-2.737369
British National Grid easting
351,400
British National Grid northing
421,400

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

Explore PR5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Leyland St James Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    619 m

  2. Moss Side Primary School

    Community school

    976 m

  3. Aurora Brooklands School

    Other independent special school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,129
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 589
  • Anti social behaviour 132
  • Other crime 100
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Other theft 57

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    807 m

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    1.9 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    1.9 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    2.8 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    2.9 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    3.6 km

  • NEW LONGTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81687

    4.2 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81171

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • The Oaks

    BCT · Wymott

    0.0 miles

  • The Oaks

    BCT · Cocker Bar

    0.1 miles

  • Hedgerows Road

    BCT · Moss Side

    0.1 miles

  • Hedgerows Road

    BCT · Moss Side

    0.1 miles

  • Slater Lane

    BCT · Moss Side

    0.2 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

34 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Leyland St James Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 619 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,129 published events cover 12 months, averaging 94.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 589 events.

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