# PR3

Postcode district covering Longridge and Garstang, in Wyre, Ribble Valley and Preston.

PR3 is a postcode district covering Longridge and Garstang, in Wyre, Ribble Valley and Preston. Median sale price £280,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PR3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PR3 was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,119** (2021). PR3 had 42,119 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 386th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 39%** (2022). About 39% of people in PR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.6%** (January 2026). In PR3, 81.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PR3) (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.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=PR3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 854 homes were sold in PR3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PR3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PR3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PR3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PR3 had 42,119 usual residents at the census.

## How PR3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PR3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £280,000 | most expensive | 11 postcode districts, PR · 2025 |
| Population | 42,119 | 7th most populated | 13 postcode districts, PR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 39% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 13 postcode districts, PR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 81.6% | 4th lowest | 13 postcode districts, PR · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in PR3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Preston 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/neighbourhood/e01025279) | 2,473 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| [Preston 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/neighbourhood/e01025282) | 1,890 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.8% |
| [Preston 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/neighbourhood/e01025277) | 2,466 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.5% |
| [Preston 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/neighbourhood/e01025281) | 2,137 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 55.9% |
| [Ribble Valley 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025322) | 1,412 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| [Ribble Valley 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025326) | 1,688 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.9% |
| [Ribble Valley 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025327) | 1,289 | 20.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| [Ribble Valley 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025342) | 1,528 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.5% |
| [Ribble Valley 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025316) | 1,654 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.0% |
| [Ribble Valley 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025317) | 1,072 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| [Ribble Valley 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025325) | 1,523 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.9% |
| [Ribble Valley 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025328) | 1,494 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Wyre 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025547) | 2,511 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.7% |
| [Wyre 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025549) | 2,424 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [Wyre 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025609) | 2,335 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 56.0% |
| [Wyre 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025548) | 1,667 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.7% |
| [Wyre 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025553) | 2,749 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| [Wyre 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025558) | 1,610 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.0% |
| [Wyre 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025559) | 2,048 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| [Wyre 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025560) | 1,291 | 12.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 53.6% |
| [Wyre 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025561) | 1,557 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| [Wyre 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025562) | 2,527 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| [Wyre 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025585) | 2,628 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.6% |

## Your MP

- [Lancaster and Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lancaster-and-wyre): Cat Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 53% of the people here.
- [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ribble-valley): Maya Ellis (Labour), MP since July 2024. 46% of the people here.
- [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/fylde): Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.0% of the people here.
- [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/preston): Sir Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PR3

[Bonds, Bilsborrow & Wyresdale](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/bonds-bilsborrow-and-wyresdale), [Broughton & Wychnor](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/broughton-and-wychnor), [Garstang & Catterall](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/garstang-and-catterall), [Grimsargh & Goosnargh](https://openindex.co.uk/preston/grimsargh-and-goosnargh), [Longridge North, Ribchester & Chipping](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/longridge-north-ribchester-and-chipping), [Longridge South](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/longridge-south), [Pilling, Great Eccleston & Inskip](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/pilling-great-eccleston-and-inskip)

## Postcode sectors in PR3

[PR3 0 (337 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-0), [PR3 1 (354 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-1), [PR3 2 (275 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-2), [PR3 3 (263 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-3), [PR3 5 (134 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-5), [PR3 6 (90 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-6), [PR3 8 (5 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-8), [PR3 9 (13 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3-9)

## Councils PR3 covers

[Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre), [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley), [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston)

## Towns in PR3

[Longridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longridge)

## Postcode districts next to PR3

[BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [BB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb2), [BB7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb7), [FY6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy6), [LA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la2), [PR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr2), [PR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr4), [PR11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr11)

## More in the PR postcode area

[All PR postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PR3
- Postcode area: [PR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr)
- Constituency: [Lancaster and Wyre †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lancaster-and-wyre)
- Council: [Wyre †](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre)
- Area: 359 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,846*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 136

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LA2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la2), [BB7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb7), [PR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr4), [FY6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy6), [PR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr2), [BB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb2)

## Latest updates for PR3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PR3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr3