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Breightmet

WARD
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
17,874
Households
7,299
Crimes · Mar '26
1
7,299
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
1
Crimes · Mar '26
£183,357
Median property price
320
Postcodes
7,299
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
1
Crimes · Mar '26
£183,357
Median property price
320
Postcodes

Sold prices in Breightmet

England & Wales
Property sales · Breightmet
HM Land Registry · Breightmet
Average price
£183,197
YoY: -4.5%
Median price: £183,722
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 5 sales · avg £169,900
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£231k£193k£156k
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 Breightmet

England & Wales
Crime trends · Breightmet

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 yearApr '24 – Mar '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1
YoY —
110
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
ASB
0
YoY —
000
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
000
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
000
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
000
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

1
incidents · Mar '26

Demographics in Breightmet

Ethnicity

Total residents: 17,878
White Brit.85.0%
African3.1%
Other White2.5%
White & Black Caribbean1.8%
Pakistani1.2%
+ 1 other groups · 6.4%

Religion

Total residents: 17,899
Christian53.8%
No religion36.7%
Not answered4.8%
Muslim3.3%
+ other · 1.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 17,874
35–4919.1%
50–6418.5%
25–3411.9%
65–749.9%
10–159.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.3%

Households

Total households: 7,299
Other17.4%
Any member 66+12.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.6%
+ 8 other households · 38.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Breightmet

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 2.78 (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 2.78 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Breightmet

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

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

Amenities in Breightmet

GPs make up most of the mapped places

40 GPs · 10 Libraries · 4 Museums · 61 in all

  • GPs40
  • Libraries10
  • Museums4
  • Universities4
  • Hospitals3

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

School applications

We've matched this area to Bolton.

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

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

Apply for a primary place via Bolton

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.

Overview of Breightmet

Coordinates53.5828, -2.3866
Postcodes
320
Population (Census)
17,874
Households (Census)
7,299
Recorded crime · Mar '26
1

Postcode Districts in Breightmet

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