PR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Longridge and Garstang, in Wyre, Ribble Valley and Preston.
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 PR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 39% of people in PR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PR3 at a rate of 54.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across the PR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 261 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,137), anti-social behaviour (541) and other crime (446).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PR3 was 59.2 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 PR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PR3 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston 001B | 2,473 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Preston 001C | 1,890 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.8% |
| Preston 002B | 2,466 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.5% |
| Preston 002D | 2,137 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 55.9% |
| Ribble Valley 004A | 1,412 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| Ribble Valley 004B | 1,688 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.9% |
| Ribble Valley 004C | 1,289 | 20.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| Ribble Valley 004D | 1,528 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.5% |
| Ribble Valley 006A | 1,654 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.0% |
| Ribble Valley 006B | 1,072 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| Ribble Valley 006C | 1,523 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.9% |
| Ribble Valley 006D | 1,494 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Wyre 006A | 2,511 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.7% |
| Wyre 006B | 2,424 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Wyre 006C | 2,335 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 56.0% |
| Wyre 007A | 1,667 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.7% |
| Wyre 007B | 2,749 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Wyre 007C | 1,610 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.0% |
| Wyre 007D | 2,048 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Wyre 007E | 1,291 | 12.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 53.6% |
| Wyre 009A | 1,557 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| Wyre 009B | 2,527 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| Wyre 009C | 2,628 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.6% |
MPs for PR3
- Cat SmithLabourMP for Lancaster and Wyre53% of PR3’s postcodes
- Maya EllisLabourMP for Ribble Valley46% of PR3’s postcodes
- Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeMP for Fylde1.0% of PR3’s postcodes
- Sir Mark HendrickLabour (Co-op)MP for Preston0.1% of PR3’s postcodes
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 PR37
Postcode sectors in PR38
Councils PR3 covers3
Towns in PR31
Postcode districts next to PR38
More in the PR postcode area2
PR3 in brief
PR3 is a postcode district covering Longridge and Garstang, in Wyre, Ribble Valley and Preston.
About 47,846 people lived in PR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 854 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PR3 was £280,000 in 2025.
PR3 had 42,119 usual residents at the census.
About 39% of people in PR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PR3, 81.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.