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Medlock Vale

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 10%
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
15,509
Households
5,229
Crimes · May '26
1
5,229
Households
White Brit. · 45%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 40%
Religion
Most deprived 10%
Avg IMD
1
Crimes · May '26
£184,950
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 71 sales
246
Postcodes

Sold prices in Medlock Vale

England & Wales
Property sales · Medlock Vale
HM Land Registry · Medlock Vale
Average price
£196,053
Median price: £184,950
Median -5.0% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 71 sales
View district OL8
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 3 sales · avg £210,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£235k£196k£157k
Aug '25Nov '25Feb '26May '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Medlock Vale

England & Wales
Crime trends · Medlock Vale

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
0
YoY —
110
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
ASB
0
YoY —
000
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
000
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
000
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
000
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Other recorded crime
1
YoY —
110
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26

0 of 6 key categories improving

1
incidents · May '26

Demographics in Medlock Vale

Ethnicity

Total residents: 14,262
White Brit.45.1%
Pakistani29.4%
Bangladeshi7.2%
African3.5%
Other White3.2%
+ 14 other groups · 11.6%

Religion

Total residents: 14,269
Muslim40.2%
Christian31.8%
No religion20.3%
Not answered5.1%
Hindu2.1%
+ 3 other religions · 0.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 15,509
35–4920.9%
50–6414.8%
25–3414.3%
10–1510.8%
5–98.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.6%

Households

Total households: 5,229
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.7%
One person: other15.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children13.2%
One person: aged 66+8.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.9%
+ 9 other households · 34.4%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Medlock Vale

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 10%
Mean decile 1.31 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 10% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 1.31 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Medlock Vale

0% of postcodes (0 of 246) are in Flood Zone 3 and 0% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 30 (0%)
  • Zone 20 (0%)
  • Zone 1246 (100%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Medlock Vale

GPs make up most of the mapped places

30 GPs · 11 Libraries · 4 Hospitals · 46 in all

  • GPs30
  • Libraries11
  • Hospitals4
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Oldham.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Medlock Vale

Coordinates53.5233, -2.1090
Postcodes
246
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
15,509
Households (Census)
5,229
Recorded crime · May '26
1

Postcode Districts in Medlock Vale

OL8
246 postcodes

Postcodes in Medlock Vale

OL8 1AAOL8 1ADOL8 1AEOL8 1AFOL8 1AGOL8 1AHOL8 1AJOL8 1ALOL8 1ANOL8 1APOL8 1AROL8 1ASOL8 1ATOL8 1AUOL8 1AXOL8 1AYOL8 1AZOL8 1BAOL8 1BBOL8 1BDOL8 1BGOL8 1BHOL8 1BLOL8 1BNOL8 1BPOL8 1BQOL8 1BSOL8 1BTOL8 1BUOL8 1BWOL8 1HNOL8 1QBOL8 1QDOL8 1QFOL8 1QGOL8 1QJOL8 1QNOL8 1QPOL8 1QQOL8 1QROL8 1QSOL8 1QTOL8 1QUOL8 1RAOL8 1RJOL8 2AGOL8 2AROL8 2ASOL8 2ATOL8 2AYOL8 2BFOL8 2BLOL8 2BPOL8 2ETOL8 2EUOL8 2FNOL8 2FPOL8 2FQOL8 2FROL8 2FSOL8 2FTOL8 2FUOL8 2FWOL8 2FXOL8 2FYOL8 2LDOL8 2LEOL8 2LFOL8 2LGOL8 2LLOL8 2LNOL8 2LPOL8 2LQOL8 2LROL8 2LSOL8 2LTOL8 2LWOL8 2LXOL8 2NBOL8 2NDOL8 2NEOL8 2NFOL8 2NGOL8 2NHOL8 2NJOL8 2NLOL8 2NNOL8 2NPOL8 2NQOL8 2NROL8 2NSOL8 2NTOL8 2NUOL8 2NWOL8 2NYOL8 2NZOL8 2PBOL8 2PDOL8 2PEOL8 2PFOL8 2PHOL8 2PJOL8 2PLOL8 2PNOL8 2PROL8 2PSOL8 2PTOL8 2PXOL8 2PYOL8 2PZOL8 2QAOL8 2QBOL8 2QDOL8 2QFOL8 2QGOL8 2QHOL8 2QJOL8 2QLOL8 2QNOL8 2QQOL8 2QROL8 2QSOL8 2RAOL8 2RBOL8 2RDOL8 2REOL8 2RFOL8 2RGOL8 2RHOL8 2RJOL8 2RLOL8 2RPOL8 2RQOL8 2RROL8 2RSOL8 2RTOL8 2RWOL8 2SAOL8 2SBOL8 2SDOL8 2SEOL8 2SFOL8 2SGOL8 2SHOL8 2SJOL8 2SLOL8 2SNOL8 2SPOL8 2SQOL8 2SROL8 2STOL8 2SUOL8 2SWOL8 2SXOL8 2SYOL8 2SZOL8 2TAOL8 2TBOL8 2TDOL8 2TEOL8 2TGOL8 2THOL8 2TJOL8 2TLOL8 2TNOL8 2TPOL8 2TQOL8 2TROL8 2TSOL8 2TTOL8 2TUOL8 2TWOL8 2TXOL8 2TYOL8 2TZOL8 2UAOL8 2UBOL8 3BPOL8 3BUOL8 3BXOL8 3DAOL8 3DBOL8 3DDOL8 3DEOL8 3DGOL8 3DLOL8 3DNOL8 3DPOL8 3DQOL8 3DROL8 3DSOL8 3DTOL8 3DUOL8 3DWOL8 3DYOL8 3DZOL8 3EAOL8 3EDOL8 3EEOL8 3EJOL8 3EPOL8 3EROL8 3ESOL8 3ETOL8 3EUOL8 3EWOL8 3EXOL8 3EYOL8 3EZOL8 3HAOL8 3HBOL8 3HDOL8 3HEOL8 3HFOL8 3HGOL8 3HPOL8 3HSOL8 3HTOL8 3HUOL8 3HWOL8 3HXOL8 3HZOL8 3JAOL8 3JDOL8 3JPOL8 3JSOL8 4BXOL8 4DROL8 4HAOL8 4HBOL8 4HDOL8 4HEOL8 4HFOL8 4HGOL8 4HHOL8 4HJOL8 4HLOL8 4HNOL8 4HPOL8 4HQOL8 4HROL8 4HSOL8 4HTOL8 4HUOL8 4HWOL8 4HX

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