Bacup Area Guide | £143k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
7,470
Households
3,205
Crimes · Jun '26
High · 14.9 per 1k
3,205
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 14.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£143,333
Median property price
273
Postcodes
3,205
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 14.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£143,333
Median property price
273
Postcodes

Sold prices in Bacup

England & Wales
Property sales · Bacup
HM Land Registry · Bacup
Average price
£182,523
YoY: -0.7%
Median price: £138,828
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £142,499
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£300k£205k£110k
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 Bacup

England & Wales
Crime trends · Bacup

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 yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
39
YoY stable
553923
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
9
YoY -73%
42257
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
7
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
13
YoY —
19124
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving

111
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Bacup

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.

Rossendale 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 Bacup

GPs make up most of the mapped places

6 GPs · 4 Museums · 2 Libraries · 14 in all

  • GPs6
  • Museums4
  • Libraries2
  • Hospitals1
  • Universities1

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

Overview of Bacup

Coordinates53.7098, -2.1963
Postcodes
273
Population (Census)
7,470
Households (Census)
3,205
Recorded crime · Jun '26
High · 14.9 per 1k

Demographics in Bacup

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,464
White Brit.94.0%
Other White1.7%
+ other · 4.4%

Religion

Total residents: 7,450
No religion48.0%
Christian44.4%
Not answered5.6%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,470
50–6421.1%
35–4918.5%
25–3412.4%
65–7410.5%
10–158.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.9%

Households

Total households: 3,205
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%

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 2.93 (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 2.93 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Bacup