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PR5 7AL

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 9AL 0 m
PR26 9AN 66 m
PR26 9AP 86 m
PR26 9BH 174 m
PR26 9AH 233 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 7AL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 7
Latitude
53.677264
Longitude
-2.789992
British National Grid easting
347,913
British National Grid northing
420,377

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
E04005143
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126758
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007B · E01024974
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
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    233 m

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

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

  3. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
71
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Other crime 5
  • Other theft 5

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

3

within 5 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    2.0 km

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, GORSE LANE, TARLETON, PRESTON, PR4 6UJ

    ODS code P81710

    2.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Marl Cop

    BCT · Bretherton

    0.1 miles

  • Marl Cop

    BCT · Bretherton

    0.1 miles

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Bretherton

    0.2 miles

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Bretherton

    0.2 miles

  • Blue Anchor

    BCT · Bretherton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007B, 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

27,856 of 33,755

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

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 233 m.

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

Recorded crime

71 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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