3,205
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
99 · 13.3 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£128,500
Median property price
272
Postcodes
Overview of Bacup
Coordinates53.7097, -2.1963
Postcodes
272
Population (Census)
7,470
Households (Census)
3,205
Recorded crime · May '26
99 · 13.3 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Bacup
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.02 (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 3.02 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Bacup
Property sales · Bacup
HM Land Registry · Bacup
Average price
£181,618
YoY: -3.9%
Median price: £138,828
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 8 sales · avg £197,562
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£316k£212k£108k
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 Bacup
Crime trends · Bacup
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
553923
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
40
YoY +25%
ASB
42257
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
15
YoY -44%
Vehicle Crime
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -50%
Burglary
950
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
7
YoY +75%
Criminal damage
19124
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
14
YoY +133%
Demographics in Bacup
Ethnicity
White Brit.94.0%
Other White1.7%
+ other · 4.4%
Religion
No religion48.0%
Christian44.4%
Not answered5.6%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
50–6421.1%
35–4918.5%
25–3412.4%
65–7410.5%
10–158.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.9%
Households
Other20.2%
Any member 66+11.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.4%
+ 7 other households · 35.5%
Schools in Bacup
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Bacup Thorn Primary School
Lancashire · OL13 8EF
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Northern Primary School
Lancashire · OL13 8PH
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–11
Sharneyford Primary School
Lancashire · OL13 9UQ
Good
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Bacup
Postcodes in Bacup
OL13 3DAOL13 3DHOL13 3ZZOL13 8AAOL13 8ABOL13 8ADOL13 8AEOL13 8AFOL13 8AHOL13 8AJOL13 8ALOL13 8ANOL13 8AQOL13 8AWOL13 8BAOL13 8BDOL13 8BGOL13 8BHOL13 8BJOL13 8BLOL13 8BNOL13 8BPOL13 8BQOL13 8BSOL13 8BTOL13 8BUOL13 8BXOL13 8BYOL13 8BZOL13 8DAOL13 8DBOL13 8DDOL13 8DFOL13 8DGOL13 8DHOL13 8DJOL13 8DLOL13 8DNOL13 8DPOL13 8DQOL13 8DROL13 8DSOL13 8DTOL13 8DUOL13 8DWOL13 8DXOL13 8DYOL13 8DZOL13 8EAOL13 8EBOL13 8EDOL13 8EEOL13 8EFOL13 8EGOL13 8EHOL13 8EJOL13 8ELOL13 8ENOL13 8EQOL13 8EROL13 8GAOL13 8GBOL13 8GDOL13 8GEOL13 8JNOL13 8NSOL13 8NZOL13 8PAOL13 8PBOL13 8PDOL13 8PEOL13 8PFOL13 8PGOL13 8PHOL13 8PJOL13 8PLOL13 8PNOL13 8PPOL13 8PQOL13 8PROL13 8PSOL13 8PTOL13 8PUOL13 8PWOL13 8PXOL13 8PYOL13 8PZOL13 8QAOL13 8QBOL13 8QDOL13 8QEOL13 8QFOL13 8QGOL13 8QHOL13 8QJOL13 8QLOL13 8QNOL13 8QPOL13 8QQOL13 8QROL13 8QSOL13 8QTOL13 8QUOL13 8QWOL13 8QXOL13 8QYOL13 8QZOL13 8RAOL13 8RBOL13 8RDOL13 8RFOL13 8RHOL13 8RJOL13 8RLOL13 8RNOL13 8RPOL13 8RQOL13 8RROL13 8RSOL13 8RT