# PR7

Postcode district covering Chorley Moor and Buckshaw Village, in Chorley.

PR7 is a postcode district covering Chorley Moor and Buckshaw Village, in Chorley. Median sale price £220,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 82.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code PR7. 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 PR7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PR7 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th 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/pr7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 63,509** (2021). PR7 had 63,509 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 75th 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/pr7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 64%** (2022). About 64% of people in PR7 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/pr7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.6%** (January 2026). In PR7, 94.6% 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/pr7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PR7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 64% of people in PR7 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=PR7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,110 homes were sold in PR7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PR7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PR7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PR7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PR7 had 63,509 usual residents at the census.

## How PR7 compares

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

| Measure | PR7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £220,000 | 5th most expensive | 11 postcode districts, PR · 2025 |
| Population | 63,509 | 4th most populated | 13 postcode districts, PR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 64% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 13 postcode districts, PR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.6% | 4th highest | 13 postcode districts, PR · Jan 2026 |

## Is PR7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PR7 at a rate of 82.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across the PR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 418 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PR7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,285), anti-social behaviour (1,140) and other crime (786).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PR7 was 87.0 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 PR7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PR7 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in PR7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chorley 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034338) | 1,276 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| [Chorley 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024967) | 1,210 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.4% |
| [Chorley 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024968) | 2,194 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| [Chorley 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024969) | 1,403 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.6% |
| [Chorley 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024970) | 1,348 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Chorley 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024971) | 1,362 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| [Chorley 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024972) | 1,198 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| [Chorley 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024937) | 1,513 | 161.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| [Chorley 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024920) | 1,901 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| [Chorley 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024934) | 1,681 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| [Chorley 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024935) | 1,350 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| [Chorley 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034340) | 1,694 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| [Chorley 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034341) | 1,627 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| [Chorley 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034342) | 1,696 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| [Chorley 008H](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034343) | 1,379 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Chorley 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024936) | 1,656 | 163.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.9% |
| [Chorley 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024938) | 2,111 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Chorley 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024939) | 2,328 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| [Chorley 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024940) | 1,693 | 621.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| [Chorley 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024941) | 1,890 | 107.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| [Chorley 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024923) | 1,287 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.5% |
| [Chorley 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024924) | 1,436 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| [Chorley 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024963) | 1,509 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| [Chorley 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024965) | 1,429 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.0% |
| [Chorley 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024966) | 1,901 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Chorley 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024942) | 1,580 | 154.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| [Chorley 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024943) | 2,377 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| [Chorley 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024944) | 2,198 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| [Chorley 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034344) | 1,723 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.7% |
| [Chorley 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01034345) | 1,257 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Chorley 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024922) | 1,417 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| [Chorley 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024959) | 2,000 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| [Chorley 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024960) | 1,786 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.5% |
| [Chorley 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024961) | 1,582 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.3% |
| [Chorley 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024962) | 1,516 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Chorley 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024917) | 1,727 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| [South Ribble 016G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01034352) | 1,482 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| [South Ribble 016H](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01034353) | 1,443 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |

## Your MP

- [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chorley): Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker), MP since July 2024. 80% of the people here.
- [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-ribble): Mr Paul Foster (Labour), MP since July 2024. 19% of the people here.
- [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-lancashire): Ashley Dalton (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% 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 PR7

[Chorley South West](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/chorley-south-west), [Chorley Town & South](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/chorley-town-and-south), [Chorley West](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/chorley-west), [Coppull](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/coppull), [Eccleston & Charnock Richard](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/eccleston-and-charnock-richard), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/euxton)

## Postcode sectors in PR7

[PR7 1 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-1), [PR7 2 (233 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-2), [PR7 3 (221 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-3), [PR7 4 (175 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-4), [PR7 5 (278 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-5), [PR7 6 (217 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-6), [PR7 7 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-7)

## Council

[Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley)

## Towns in PR7

[Adlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adlington), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorley), [Coppull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coppull), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/euxton)

## Postcode districts next to PR7

[BL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl6), [L40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l40), [PR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr6), [PR25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr25), [PR26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr26), [WN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn1), [WN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn2), [WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6)

## Nearest rail stations

[Euxton Balshaw Lane (1000 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6720,53.6605), [Buckshaw Parkway (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6608,53.6733), [Chorley (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6268,53.6525), [Leyland (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6871,53.6989)

## 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)

## PR7 in brief

PR7 is a postcode district covering Chorley Moor and Buckshaw Village, in Chorley.
About 65,251 people lived in PR7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 1,110 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PR7 was £220,000 in 2025.
PR7 had 63,509 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in PR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PR7, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PR7
- Postcode area: [PR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr)
- Constituency: [Chorley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chorley)
- Council: [Chorley †](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley)
- Area: 61.87 km²
- People, mid-2024: 65,251*
- Neighbourhoods: 38
- Output areas: 205

* 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

[PR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr6), [WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6), [PR25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr25), [PR26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr26), [L40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l40), [WN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn1)

## Latest updates for PR7

- 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/PR7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7