Ashton Area Guide | £135k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
9,871
Households
4,624
Crimes · Jul '24
Low · 0.1 per 1k
4,624
Households
White Brit. · 82%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 0.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jul '24
£134,500
Median property price
211
Postcodes
4,624
Households
White Brit. · 82%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 0.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jul '24
£134,500
Median property price
211
Postcodes

Sold prices in Ashton

England & Wales
Property sales · Ashton
HM Land Registry · Ashton
Average price
£171,837
YoY: +2.2%
Median price: £137,900
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 5 sales · avg £240,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£240k£179k£118k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '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 Ashton

England & Wales
Crime trends · Ashton

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 yearAug '22 – Jul '24
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
0
YoY —
000
Aug '22Feb '23Aug '23Feb '24Jul '24
ASB
1
YoY —
110
Aug '22Feb '23Aug '23Feb '24Jul '24
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
000
Aug '22Feb '23Aug '23Feb '24Jul '24
Burglary
0
YoY —
000
Aug '22Feb '23Aug '23Feb '24Jul '24
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
000
Aug '22Feb '23Aug '23Feb '24Jul '24

0 of 5 key categories improving

1
incidents · Jul '24

Flood risk in Ashton

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Lancashire.

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

Preston is the district council. School applications go through Lancashire.

Apply for a primary place via Lancashire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Ashton

GPs make up most of the mapped places

26 GPs · 8 Libraries · 5 Hospitals · 46 in all

  • GPs26
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals5
  • Museums5
  • Universities2

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

Overview of Ashton

Coordinates53.7660, -2.7337
Postcodes
211
Population (Census)
9,871
Households (Census)
4,624
Recorded crime · Jul '24
Low · 0.1 per 1k

Demographics in Ashton

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,868
White Brit.82.2%
Indian4.7%
Other White4.1%
Pakistani1.3%
White & Black Caribbean1.1%
+ 1 other groups · 6.6%

Religion

Total residents: 9,865
Christian52.2%
No religion33.6%
Not answered6.2%
Muslim4.1%
Hindu2.0%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,871
50–6420.7%
35–4918.6%
25–3416.6%
65–748.4%
20–246.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.9%

Households

Total households: 4,624
Other26.2%
Any member 66+11.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.3%
+ 7 other households · 34.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Ashton

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.46 (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 4.46 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Ashton