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PR4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Fylde, in Fylde, South Ribble, Preston and West Lancashire.

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 PR4 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 0% of people in PR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£260,000
Joint 829th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
65,456
63rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How PR4 compares

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

PR4Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, PR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in PR11 areas from £158,000 to £280,000. The middle area is £215,000. PR4 is £260,000.
£260,000joint 2nd most expensive
Population13 postcode districts, PR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in PR13 areas from 305 to 80,289. The middle area is 42,119. PR4 is 65,456.
65,4563rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 postcode districts, PR · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in PR13 areas from 0.0% to 97.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. PR4 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 postcode districts, PR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in PR13 areas from 51.2% to 98.3%. The middle area is 92.2%. PR4 is 80.1%.
80.1%3rd lowest

Is PR4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PR4 at a rate of 51.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across the PR postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 310 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PR4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,540), anti-social behaviour (919) and other crime (570).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PR4 was 61.2 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 PR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PR4 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in PR4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Fylde 001A1,62532.0 per 1,000797.8%
Fylde 002A1,99247.2 per 1,000989.7%
Fylde 002B1,12016.9 per 1,0001099.2%
Fylde 002C1,554129.6 per 1,000492.1%
Fylde 002D1,538163.0 per 1,000396.1%
Fylde 002E2,75951.4 per 1,000893.9%
Fylde 002F1,71568.1 per 1,000496.1%
Fylde 002G1,89928.2 per 1,000997.7%
Fylde 003A1,73049.4 per 1,000496.2%
Fylde 003B1,68057.8 per 1,0001099.8%
Fylde 003C1,75159.7 per 1,000783.1%
Fylde 003D1,51041.0 per 1,000898.1%
Fylde 007A1,42749.2 per 1,000896.6%
Fylde 007B1,45142.8 per 1,000797.8%
Fylde 007C1,22369.5 per 1,0008100.0%
Fylde 007D2,59236.8 per 1,000698.5%
Fylde 007E2,07491.9 per 1,000499.9%
Preston 002E1,11951.8 per 1,000685.9%
Preston 002F2,53745.0 per 1,000995.8%
Preston 010B2,70766.6 per 1,000797.0%
Preston 010C1,27730.4 per 1,0001099.0%
South Ribble 010A1,44525.9 per 1,0001084.0%
South Ribble 010B1,763115.8 per 1,0001077.4%
South Ribble 010C1,30228.7 per 1,000983.8%
South Ribble 010D1,60822.6 per 1,000921.7%
South Ribble 011A2,30249.5 per 1,00097.1%
South Ribble 011B1,95229.8 per 1,00080.2%
South Ribble 011C1,32115.9 per 1,0001055.2%
South Ribble 011D1,33620.9 per 1,0001014.0%
South Ribble 011E1,40443.7 per 1,000947.9%
West Lancashire 001A1,24623.7 per 1,000776.7%
West Lancashire 001B1,47119.2 per 1,000888.3%
West Lancashire 001C1,47058.4 per 1,000894.3%
West Lancashire 001D1,60044.7 per 1,000979.6%
West Lancashire 001E1,71115.1 per 1,0001073.5%
West Lancashire 001F1,52247.2 per 1,000882.2%
West Lancashire 002E1,12642.0 per 1,000753.6%

MPs for PR4

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 PR46

Postcode sectors in PR48

Councils PR4 covers4

Towns in PR43

Postcode districts next to PR410

Nearest rail stations2

More in the PR postcode area2

PR4 in brief

PR4 is a postcode district covering Fylde, in Fylde, South Ribble, Preston and West Lancashire.

About 72,030 people lived in PR4 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 1,291 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PR4 was £260,000 in 2025.

PR4 had 65,456 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in PR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In PR4, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.