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PR5 7HU

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 9HU 38 m
PR26 9HX 97 m
PR26 9HN 98 m
PR26 9HY 102 m
PR26 9HS 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 7HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 7
Latitude
53.667068
Longitude
-2.774015
British National Grid easting
348,956
British National Grid northing
419,231

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005148
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126767
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 5 km 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

    594 m
  2. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    731 m
  3. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
138
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 59
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    567 m

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    4.1 km

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81710

    4.1 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    5.0 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Moor Road

    BCT · Croston

    120 m
  • Moor Road

    BCT · Croston

    139 m
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Croston

    178 m
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Croston

    180 m
  • Croston Rail Station

    RLY · Croston

    253 m

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 594 m.

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

Recorded crime

138 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 59 events.

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