Browse UK - UK Postcode Area OL

Postcode OL covers (in order of area type): Royton (Town)Chadderton (Town)Oldham (Town)Heywood (Town)Milnrow (Town)Shaw (Town)Whitworth (Town)Lees (Town)Mossley (Town)Rochdale (Town)Littleborough (Town)Bacup (Town)Todmorden (Town)Ashton-under-Lyne (Town)

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crime score for the OL area 31 out of 100 (higher is better)

house price score for the OL area 6 out of 100 (higher is more expensive)

jobs within 10 miles score for the OL area 71 out of 100 (higher is better)

motorway junctions for the OL area 65 located within a 10 mile radius

train stations for the OL area 113 located within a 10 mile radius

public green area score for the OL area 55 out of 100 (higher is better - areas within three miles)

primary schools score for the OL area 29 out of 100 (higher is better - schools within one mile)

secondary schools score for the OL area 47 out of 100 (higher is better - schools within one mile)

college a-level score for the OL area 68 out of 100 (higher is better - colleges within one mile)

vocational college score for the OL area 70 out of 100 (higher is better - colleges within one mile)

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Top 10 Types of Resident

  1. Multicultural metropolitans/Challenged Asian terraces/Pakistani communities20.01%
  2. Suburbanites/Semi-detached suburbia/White suburban communities6.91%
  3. Urbanites/Urban professionals and families/White professionals6.79%
  4. Hard-pressed living/Challenged terraced workers/Deprived blue-collar terraces5.27%
  5. Hard-pressed living/Industrious communities/Industrious transitions4.06%
  6. Multicultural metropolitans/Rented family living/Social renting young families3.97%
  7. Constrained city dwellers/Challenged diversity/Multi-ethnic hardship3.32%
  8. Ethnicity central/Ethnic dynamics/Constrained neighbourhoods3.27%
  9. Hard-pressed living/Hard pressed ageing workers/Ageing industrious workers3.27%
  10. Ethnicity central/Ethnic family life/Established renting families3.17%

Top 10 Recorded Crime Types

  1. Violence and sexual offences (20,242 recorded, uk average is 14,006)25.45%
  2. Anti-social behaviour (18,566 recorded, uk average is 17,454)23.35%
  3. Criminal damage and arson (8,210 recorded, uk average is 5,914)10.32%
  4. Public order (8,117 recorded, uk average is 3,288)10.21%
  5. Burglary (6,392 recorded, uk average is 4,242)8.04%
  6. Vehicle crime (5,555 recorded, uk average is 4,421)6.99%
  7. Other theft (4,599 recorded, uk average is 5,103)5.78%
  8. Shoplifting (3,400 recorded, uk average is 3,751)4.28%
  9. Other crime (1,366 recorded, uk average is 859)1.72%
  10. Robbery (845 recorded, uk average is 673)1.06%

Top 10 Most Expensive Areas (Median Pricing)

  1. OL3 (Tame Water, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  2. OL3 (Greenfield, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  3. OL3 (Dacres, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  4. OL3 (Braeside, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  5. OL3 (Woolroad, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  6. OL3 (New Delph, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  7. OL3 (Lower Arthurs, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  8. OL3 (Marslands, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  9. OL3 (Holly Grove, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000
  10. OL3 (Weakey, Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)£232,000

Top 10 Cheapest Areas (Median Pricing)

  1. OL8 (Hollins Green, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  2. OL8 (Werneth, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  3. OL8 (Fenny Hill, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  4. OL8 (Coppice, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  5. OL8 (Copster Hill, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  6. OL8 (Lime Side, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  7. OL8 (Hollins, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  8. OL8 (The Edge, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  9. OL8 (Bank Top, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500
  10. OL8 (Moss Grove, Bardsley, Oldham, North West)£79,500

Top 10 Safest Areas (All Crimes Committed)

  1. OL5 / St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (Mossley, Tameside, North West)
  2. OL3 / Holly Grove (Saddleworth, Oldham, North West)
  3. OL15 / Stansfield Hill (Littleborough, Rochdale, North West)
  4. OL14 / Todmorden Moor (Todmorden, Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber)
  5. OL13 / Slate Pit Hill (Rawtenstall, Lancashire, North West)
  6. OL7 / Ashton West End Primary School (Ashton under Lyne, Tameside, North West)
  7. OL10 / Plumpton Wood (Heywood, Rochdale, North West)
  8. OL2 / Royton and Crompton School (Shaw, Oldham, North West)
  9. OL9 / Westwood Primary School (Chadderton, Oldham, North West)
  10. OL4 / Horton Mill Community Primary School (Austerlands, Oldham, North West)

Top 10 Unsafe Areas (All Crimes Committed)

  1. OL16 / St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School (Burnedge, Rochdale, North West)
  2. OL1 / The Blue Coat Church of England School (Chadderton, Oldham, North West)
  3. OL6 / Parochial Church of England Primary and Nursery School (Ashton under Lyne, Tameside, North West)
  4. OL8 / Park Hills (Bardsley, Oldham, North West)
  5. OL12 / Cowm Reservoir (Buckley, Rochdale, North West)
  6. OL11 / St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School (Ashworth, Rochdale, North West)
  7. OL4 / Greenacres Primary School (Austerlands, Oldham, North West)
  8. OL9 / Richmond Primary School Children's Centre and Daycare (Chadderton, Oldham, North West)
  9. OL2 / Farrowdale House School (Shaw, Oldham, North West)
  10. OL10 / Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College (Heywood, Rochdale, North West)

Top Schools/Colleges By UK Performance Score

Primary Schools
  1. St Christopher's RC Primary SchoolSt Christopher's Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9DP99 out of 100
  2. Oasis Academy LimesideThird Avenue, Limeside, Oldham, OL8 3SB95 out of 100
  3. Hey-with-Zion Primary SchoolRowland Way, Lees, Oldham, OL4 3LQ95 out of 100
Secondary Schools
  1. Waterhead AcademyHuddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 3NY98 out of 100
  2. St Damian's RC Science CollegeLees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH91 out of 100
  3. Greater Manchester Sustainable Engineering UTCMIDDLETON ROAD, Oldham, OL9 6DE87 out of 100
A-Level Colleges
  1. Oldham Sixth Form CollegeUnion Street West, Oldham, OL8 1XU99 out of 100
  2. Ashton Sixth Form CollegeDarnton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RL98 out of 100
  3. Rochdale Sixth Form CollegeCollege Road, Rochdale, OL12 6HY98 out of 100
Vocational Colleges
  1. Oldham Sixth Form CollegeUnion Street West, Oldham, OL8 1XU99 out of 100
  2. Ashton Sixth Form CollegeDarnton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RL98 out of 100
  3. Rochdale Sixth Form CollegeCollege Road, Rochdale, OL12 6HY98 out of 100

Lowest Schools/Colleges By UK Performance Score

Primary Schools
  1. Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolSouthlink, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1GL0 out of 100
  2. Stoneleigh AcademyVulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4LJ1 out of 100
  3. Stoneleigh AcademyVulcan Street, Derker, Oldham, OL1 4LJ1 out of 100
Secondary Schools
  1. Brownhill SchoolHeights Lane, Rochdale, OL12 0PZ1 out of 100
  2. Samuel Laycock SchoolBroadoak Road, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 8RF4 out of 100
  3. New Bridge SchoolRoman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 3PH4 out of 100
A-Level Colleges
  1. The Oldham CollegeRochdale Road, Oldham, OL9 6AA14 out of 100
  2. Greater Manchester Sustainable Engineering UTCMIDDLETON ROAD, Oldham, OL9 6DE26 out of 100
  3. New Charter AcademyBroadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF29 out of 100
Vocational Colleges
  1. New Charter AcademyBroadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF30 out of 100
  2. Todmorden High SchoolEwood Lane, Todmorden, OL14 7DG31 out of 100
  3. North Chadderton SchoolChadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN51 out of 100
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