OL14 postcode area guide — Burnley
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the OL14 postcode district in Burnley — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in OL14
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
87.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
3.1%
Gigabit-capable
3.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the OL14 postcode district (Burnley) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 773 postcodes Ofcom measures in OL14, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 87.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 3.1%.
Around 0% of premises in OL14 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 OL14
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| OL14 5AA | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AB | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AD | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AE | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AG | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AJ | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AN | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AP | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AQ | 100% | 0% |
| OL14 5AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Burnley
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Burnley district (46,758 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
93.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
93.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.2%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in OL14
Police recorded 94 incidents within about a mile of the centre of OL14 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 39 | 41.5% |
| Shoplifting | 14 | 14.9% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 10 | 10.6% |
| Public order | 9 | 9.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 5 | 5.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 4.3% |
| Burglary | 3 | 3.2% |
| Drugs | 3 | 3.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in OL14
Based on 209 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in OL14 is £190,000, up 5.6% on the previous year (£180,000).
Detached
£475,000
23 sales
Semi-detached
£260,000
35 sales
Terraced
£162,000
128 sales
Flat / maisonette
£136,000
14 sales
Latest recorded sales in OL14
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £220,000 | Terraced | Harehill Street | OL14 5JX |
| 1 May 2026 | £170,000 | Flat | Hall Ing Place | OL14 7LE |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £125,000 | Terraced | Pine Road | OL14 8EE |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced | Burnley Road | OL14 5LB |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Clewer Place | OL14 6QG |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £230,000 | Terraced | Harehill Avenue | OL14 5LA |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £226,000 | Terraced | Lineholme Avenue | OL14 8EU |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £197,000 | Terraced | Derby Street | OL14 5RY |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £179,995 | Terraced | Mount Street | OL14 8BP |
| 9 Apr 2026 | £165,000 | Terraced | Ernest Street | OL14 8JS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Burnley demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Burnley district (94,646 residents, 39,871 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.6% |
| 15–29 | 23.6% |
| 30–44 | 18.7% |
| 45–64 | 19.3% |
| 65+ | 17.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 59.8% |
| Private rented | 24.4% |
| Social rented | 11.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around OL14
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 885 | OL14 7DG |
| Todmorden CofE J, I & N School | Primary | 2–11 | 237 | OL14 7BS |
| Ferney Lee Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 219 | OL14 5NR |
| Shade Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 178 | OL14 7PD |
| Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 169 | OL14 6RN |
| Castle Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 162 | OL14 7DF |
| Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 105 | OL14 8PL |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 94 | OL14 5HP |
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 OL14
147 rated food businesses operate in OL14. 103 hold the top rating of 5, 18 are rated 4, and 6 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: ALDI, Aldi Stores Ltd, Alexander Gourmet Med, Ali Baba, AMICIS.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in OL14
From a sample of 141 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 OL14 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 45% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
3%
Band C
43%
Band D
38%
Band E
12%
Band F
3%
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 Burnley
Landlines around OL14 typically use:
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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.