PR26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Moss Side, Earnshaw Bridge and Croston, in South Ribble and Chorley.
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 PR26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in PR26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PR26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PR26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PR26 at a rate of 71.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across the PR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PR26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (555), other crime (264) and anti-social behaviour (174).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PR26 was 69.7 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 PR26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PR26 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PR26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chorley 007B | 1,596 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| Chorley 007C | 3,085 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| Chorley 007D | 1,640 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.1% |
| South Ribble 012E | 1,699 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
| South Ribble 012F | 2,192 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| South Ribble 014A | 1,513 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.8% |
| South Ribble 014B | 1,867 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| South Ribble 014C | 1,671 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| South Ribble 017D | 1,901 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
Your MP
- Mr Paul FosterLabourMP for South Ribble
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 PR262
Postcode sectors in PR264
Councils PR26 covers2
Towns in PR261
Postcode districts next to PR266
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PR postcode area2
PR26 in brief
PR26 is a postcode district covering Moss Side, Earnshaw Bridge and Croston, in South Ribble and Chorley.
About 16,549 people lived in PR26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 315 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PR26 was £260,000 in 2025.
PR26 had 15,601 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in PR26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PR26, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.