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PR5 7GG

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 9SE 21 m
PR26 9SB 69 m
PR26 9SA 77 m
PR26 9RZ 105 m
PR26 9RJ 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 7GG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 7
Latitude
53.665944
Longitude
-2.778263
British National Grid easting
348,674
British National Grid northing
419,109

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
E04005148
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126764
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007D · E01024976
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
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3

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

    Voluntary aided school

    656 m

  2. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    851 m

  3. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
131
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 54
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 10
  • Burglary 6

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

    575 m

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81710

    3.9 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

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Croston

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Croston

    0.1 miles

  • Croston Rail Station

    RSE · Croston

    0.1 miles

  • Croston Rail Station

    RLY · Croston

    0.1 miles

  • The Crown

    BCT · Croston

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,678 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School is the nearest published school at 656 m.

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

Recorded crime

131 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 54 events.

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