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Chorley

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
117,738
Households
50,198
Crimes · Jul '26
482
50,198
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
482
Crimes · Jul '26
£216,410
Median property price
£745
Median rent
2,932
Postcodes
50,198
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
482
Crimes · Jul '26
£216,410
Median property price
£745
Median rent
2,932
Postcodes

Sold prices in Chorley

England & Wales
Property sales · Chorley
HM Land Registry · Chorley
Average price
£255,437
YoY: +2.8%
Median price: £216,410
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '24 – Aug '26Aug '26: 43 sales · avg £230,557
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£289k£241k£192k
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '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 yearAug '24 – Jul '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
197
YoY -7%
249196143
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
ASB
102
YoY -50%
21612738
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Vehicle Crime
9
YoY -61%
41258
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Burglary
7
YoY -46%
24143
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Criminal damage
31
YoY -16%
463422
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Public Order
30
YoY +25%
402612
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Shoplifting
42
YoY +223%
422610
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Other Theft
29
YoY stable
412917
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26

5 of 5 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply

482
incidents · Jul '26

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).

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

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

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.

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 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.

Overview of Chorley

Coordinates53.6600, -2.6447
Postcodes
2,932
Population (Census)
117,738
Households (Census)
50,198
Recorded crime · Jul '26
482

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