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Chorley

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
117,738
Households
50,198
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 4.4 per 1k
50,198
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 4.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£216,038
Median property price
£745
Median rent
2,932
Postcodes
50,198
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 4.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£216,038
Median property price
£745
Median rent
2,932
Postcodes

Sold prices in Chorley

England & Wales
Property sales · Chorley
HM Land Registry · Chorley
Average price
£253,007
YoY: +2.5%
Median price: £216,038
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 38 sales · avg £239,332
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£266k£229k£191k
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 Chorley

England & Wales
Crime trends · Chorley

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
196
YoY stable
249196143
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
100
YoY -44%
21612738
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
12
YoY -25%
41258
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
22
YoY —
38213
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
43
YoY +23%
463422
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
41
YoY +78%
412610
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Public Order
40
YoY +90%
402612
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · public order up sharply · criminal damage rising

518
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Chorley

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.

Chorley 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.

Schools in Chorley

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

Best schools in ChorleyFilter and map

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Amenities in Chorley

GPs make up most of the mapped places

29 GPs · 6 Libraries · 4 Hospitals · 40 in all

  • GPs29
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals4
  • Museums1

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

Private rents in Chorley

Median private rent

£745/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£584
1 bed
£745
2 bed
£882
3 bed
£1,301
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Chorley

Coordinates53.6600, -2.6447
Postcodes
2,932
Population (Census)
117,738
Households (Census)
50,198
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 4.4 per 1k

Demographics in Chorley

Ethnicity

Total residents: 117,760
White Brit.93.0%
Other White2.0%
+ other · 5.0%

Religion

Total residents: 117,726
Christian61.5%
No religion30.9%
Not answered5.1%
Muslim1.4%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 117,738
50–6421.2%
35–4919.7%
25–3412.1%
65–7411.4%
10–157.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.5%

Households

Total households: 50,198
Other16.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.9%
Any member 66+12.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.8%
All members 66+11.2%
+ 7 other households · 32.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Chorley

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.49 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.49 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).