5,034
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
1 · 0.1 per 1k
Crimes · Dec '25
£193,667
Median property price
284
Postcodes
Overview of St James'
Coordinates53.5577, -2.0848
Postcodes
284
Population (Census)
12,823
Households (Census)
5,034
Recorded crime · Dec '25
1 · 0.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for St James'
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 2.87 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.87 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in St James'
Property sales · St James'
HM Land Registry · St James'
Average price
£188,677
YoY: +10.7%
Median price: £164,269
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 6 sales · avg £203,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£225k£176k£127k
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
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 St James'
Crime trends · St James'
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJan '24 – Dec '25
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
110
Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Dec '25
1
YoY +100%
ASB
000
Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Dec '25
0
YoY stable
Vehicle Crime
000
Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Dec '25
0
YoY stable
Burglary
000
Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Dec '25
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
000
Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Dec '25
0
YoY stable
Demographics in St James'
Ethnicity
White Brit.85.0%
African4.1%
Other White2.1%
Pakistani1.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.5%
+ other · 5.6%
Religion
Christian53.0%
No religion38.4%
Not answered4.3%
Muslim3.5%
+ other · 0.8%
Age groups
35–4919.4%
50–6418.2%
25–3414.8%
10–159.0%
5–98.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.6%
Households
Other16.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children14.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.4%
Any member 66+9.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.0%
+ 8 other households · 39.1%
Schools in St James'
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Hodge Clough Primary School
Oldham · OL1 4JX
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
Oldham · OL1 4RL
Good
0.8 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Willowpark Primary Academy
Oldham · OL1 4LJ
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Woodlands Primary Academy
Oldham · OL1 4HU
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Mayfield Primary School
Oldham · OL1 4LG
Requires improvement
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Oldham · OL1 4NA
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in St James'
Postcodes in St James'
OL1 3BSOL1 3LGOL1 3LJOL1 3LLOL1 3LNOL1 3LQOL1 3LSOL1 3LTOL1 3LYOL1 3LZOL1 3NBOL1 3NEOL1 3NGOL1 3NJOL1 3NLOL1 3NNOL1 3NPOL1 3NQOL1 3NROL1 3NSOL1 3NUOL1 3NYOL1 3PAOL1 3PFOL1 3PGOL1 3PHOL1 3PJOL1 3PQOL1 3PWOL1 3XBOL1 4AAOL1 4AROL1 4ASOL1 4ATOL1 4AUOL1 4AXOL1 4BEOL1 4BJOL1 4BLOL1 4BQOL1 4BSOL1 4BTOL1 4BUOL1 4BWOL1 4BXOL1 4BYOL1 4DAOL1 4DBOL1 4DDOL1 4DEOL1 4DFOL1 4DGOL1 4DJOL1 4DLOL1 4DNOL1 4DPOL1 4DQOL1 4DROL1 4DSOL1 4DTOL1 4DUOL1 4DWOL1 4DXOL1 4DYOL1 4DZOL1 4EAOL1 4EBOL1 4EFOL1 4EGOL1 4EHOL1 4ELOL1 4ENOL1 4EPOL1 4EQOL1 4EROL1 4ETOL1 4EWOL1 4EXOL1 4EYOL1 4EZOL1 4FGOL1 4FHOL1 4FLOL1 4GAOL1 4GPOL1 4GYOL1 4HAOL1 4HBOL1 4HDOL1 4HEOL1 4HFOL1 4HGOL1 4HHOL1 4HJOL1 4HLOL1 4HNOL1 4HPOL1 4HQOL1 4HROL1 4HSOL1 4HTOL1 4HUOL1 4HWOL1 4HXOL1 4HYOL1 4HZOL1 4JAOL1 4JBOL1 4JDOL1 4JEOL1 4JFOL1 4JGOL1 4JHOL1 4JJOL1 4JLOL1 4JNOL1 4JPOL1 4JQOL1 4JROL1 4JS