Brookfield & Holme Slack

Preston · North West · population 10,721 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,612 of 6,856 in England
  • #644 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 17 in Preston
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,544
Median age (est.)37
Density3,839per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above24%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 27%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 16%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 16%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 19%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 75%Asian 19%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 27% · Muslim 17%

Born outside the UK: 15%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Brookfield & Holme Slack is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,612 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 17 in Preston. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (72) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here sold for about £161,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 102 sales), 14% below the wider Preston median of £187,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,389 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 17 · #5,688
Employment 16 · #5,736
Education 19 · #5,571
Health 11 · #6,085
Crime 14 · #5,859
Housing & access 72 · #1,883
Living environment 65 · #2,411

House prices ?

£161,000median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£161,000102+7.3%+22.4%
Detached£275,00014-3.5%+18.0%
Semi-detached£170,00055+4.9%+25.9%
Terraced£137,00029+5.4%+30.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£161,000
Preston£187,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,389±£4,606 · #5,853 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,025
Price-to-income ?5.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,322 offences
Preston106
North West82
England83

Rank #5,528 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences475
Theft427
Burglary42
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson135
Public order & weapons98
Drugs42
Robbery19
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 382 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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