OL10 postcode area guide — Rochdale
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the OL10 postcode district in Rochdale — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in OL10
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.4%
Gigabit-capable
87.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the OL10 postcode district (Rochdale) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 815 postcodes Ofcom measures in OL10, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 87.6%.
Around 0% of premises in OL10 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in OL10
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| OL10 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AH | 100% | 0% |
| OL10 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AN | 97% | 97% |
| OL10 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| OL10 1AQ | 100% | 93.3% |
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Mobile signal around Rochdale
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Rochdale district (104,093 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
94.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
92.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
96.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in OL10
Based on 345 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in OL10 is £178,500, down 0.8% on the previous year (£180,000).
Detached
£347,500
46 sales
Semi-detached
£228,000
85 sales
Terraced
£153,000
180 sales
Flat / maisonette
£116,000
14 sales
Latest recorded sales in OL10
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £141,000 | Terraced | Bamford Road | OL10 4AH |
| 15 May 2026 | £191,100 | Semi-detached | Ullswater Grove | OL10 2BL |
| 15 May 2026 | £330,000 | Detached | Salisbury Avenue | OL10 2NZ |
| 12 May 2026 | £90,000 | Terraced | Derby Street | OL10 4QN |
| 8 May 2026 | £250,000 | Semi-detached | Royal Avenue | OL10 2DG |
| 7 May 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached | Claybank Street | OL10 4TJ |
| 1 May 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Holland Street | OL10 4JZ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced | Barker Street | OL10 3DU |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £228,000 | Semi-detached | Derwent Avenue | OL10 2BE |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £200,000 | Semi-detached | Glazebrook Close | OL10 3EA |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Rochdale demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Rochdale district (223,773 residents, 90,222 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21.8% |
| 15–29 | 23.5% |
| 30–44 | 19.4% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 16.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 60.3% |
| Private rented | 18.5% |
| Social rented | 9.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around OL10
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newhouse Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 974 | OL10 2NT |
| Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College | Secondary | 11–16 | 768 | OL10 2AA |
| Edgar Wood Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 729 | OL10 2QN |
| Woodland Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 564 | OL10 3BX |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 446 | OL10 4XB |
| Hopwood Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 421 | OL10 2HN |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 373 | OL10 2AA |
| Harwood Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 291 | OL10 1DG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in OL10
237 rated food businesses operate in OL10. 134 hold the top rating of 5, 30 are rated 4, and 15 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Above and Beyond, Aldi Stores Ltd, Aramark @ Argos, Asda Express Heywood - Middleton Road PFS, B & M.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in OL10
From a sample of 163 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 OL10 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 59% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
7%
Band C
52%
Band D
34%
Band E
6%
Band F
1%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Rochdale
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.