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OL13

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Bacup, Rockliffe and Huttock Top, in Rossendale.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OL13 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in OL13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£160,000
Joint 148th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
16,367
1,077th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How OL13 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

OL13Middle
Median sale price16 postcode districts, OL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in OL16 areas from £160,000 to £331,000. The middle area is £200,000. OL13 is £160,000.
£160,000cheapest
Population16 postcode districts, OL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in OL16 areas from 11,566 to 48,318. The middle area is 30,226. OL13 is 16,367.
16,3675th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 postcode districts, OL · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in OL16 areas from 64.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 95.0%. OL13 is 90.0%.
90%6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 postcode districts, OL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in OL16 areas from 79.2% to 98.5%. The middle area is 94.1%. OL13 is 97.1%.
97.1%joint 5th highest

Is OL13 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OL13 at a rate of 108.8 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OL13.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (745), anti-social behaviour (354) and other crime (266).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OL13 was 123.0 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in OL13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL13 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in OL13

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Rossendale 003A1,85262.5 per 1,000692.6%
Rossendale 003B1,693116.4 per 1,000299.9%
Rossendale 003C1,324259.3 per 1,000189.9%
Rossendale 003D1,588134.3 per 1,000299.0%
Rossendale 003E1,752178.3 per 1,000199.9%
Rossendale 003F2,92443.4 per 1,000798.8%
Rossendale 010F1,27982.6 per 1,000397.6%
Rossendale 010G1,46494.7 per 1,000299.2%
Rossendale 010H1,42677.6 per 1,000196.3%
Rossendale 010I1,06797.5 per 1,000297.0%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in OL131

Postcode sectors in OL134

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Towns in OL131

Postcode districts next to OL135

More in the OL postcode area2

OL13 in brief

OL13 is a postcode district covering Bacup, Rockliffe and Huttock Top, in Rossendale.

About 16,724 people lived in OL13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in OL13 was £160,000 in 2025.

OL13 had 16,367 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in OL13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In OL13, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.