2,933
Households
White Brit. · 98%
Ethnicity
No religion · 55%
Religion
Most deprived 10–20%
Avg IMD
50
Crimes · Aug '26
£114,000
Median property price · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 44 sales
130
Postcodes
Sold prices in Cowpen
England & WalesProperty sales · Cowpen
HM Land Registry · Cowpen
Average price
£116,741
Median price: £114,000
Median +3.6% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 44 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Jul '26Jul '26: 8 sales · avg £133,124
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£135k£115k£96k
Sep '25Nov '25Feb '26May '26Jul '26
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Police Recorded Crime in Cowpen
England & WalesCrime trends · Cowpen
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 yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
17
YoY stable
38190
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
6
YoY -60%
1890
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
4
YoY —
530
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
630
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
6
YoY -45%
1260
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
16
YoY +45%
20100
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Demographics in Cowpen
Ethnicity
White Brit.97.5%
Other White0.5%
Other ethnic group: Arab0.3%
White & Asian0.3%
Indian0.2%
+ 12 other groups · 1.1%
Religion
No religion55.2%
Christian38.8%
Not answered5.1%
Muslim0.4%
Other religion0.2%
+ 4 other religions · 0.2%
Age groups
50–6419.9%
35–4916.5%
25–3413.9%
65–7410.5%
10–157.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.6%
Households
One person: other24.0%
One person: aged 66+12.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children7.8%
+ 9 other households · 34.9%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Cowpen
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 10–20%
Mean decile 1.55 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 10–20% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 1.55 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Flood risk in Cowpen
0% of postcodes (0 of 130) are in Flood Zone 3 and 1% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.
- Zone 30 (0%)
- Zone 21 (1%)
- Zone 1129 (99%)
Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0
Amenities in Cowpen
GPs make up most of the mapped places
55 GPs · 44 Museums · 21 Libraries · 135 in all
- GPs55
- Museums44
- Libraries21
- Hospitals15
OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure
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Overview of Cowpen
Coordinates55.1265, -1.5360
Postcodes
130
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
6,525
Households (Census)
2,933
Recorded crime · Aug '26
50
Postcode Districts in Cowpen
Postcodes in Cowpen
NE24 4DPNE24 4DWNE24 4LDNE24 4LGNE24 4LHNE24 4LUNE24 5AANE24 5ABNE24 5ADNE24 5AENE24 5AFNE24 5AGNE24 5AHNE24 5AJNE24 5ALNE24 5ANNE24 5APNE24 5AQNE24 5ARNE24 5ASNE24 5ATNE24 5AUNE24 5AWNE24 5AXNE24 5AYNE24 5AZNE24 5DANE24 5DBNE24 5DDNE24 5DENE24 5DFNE24 5DGNE24 5DHNE24 5DJNE24 5DLNE24 5DNNE24 5DPNE24 5DQNE24 5DRNE24 5DSNE24 5DTNE24 5DUNE24 5DWNE24 5DXNE24 5DYNE24 5DZNE24 5EDNE24 5EENE24 5EFNE24 5EGNE24 5HDNE24 5HENE24 5HFNE24 5HGNE24 5HHNE24 5HJNE24 5HLNE24 5HNNE24 5HPNE24 5HQNE24 5HRNE24 5HSNE24 5HTNE24 5HWNE24 5JANE24 5JBNE24 5JENE24 5JGNE24 5JHNE24 5JLNE24 5JNNE24 5JUNE24 5JXNE24 5JYNE24 5JZNE24 5LANE24 5LBNE24 5LDNE24 5LENE24 5LFNE24 5LGNE24 5LHNE24 5LJNE24 5LLNE24 5LNNE24 5LPNE24 5LQNE24 5LRNE24 5LSNE24 5LTNE24 5LUNE24 5LWNE24 5LXNE24 5LYNE24 5LZNE24 5NDNE24 5NENE24 5NHNE24 5NQNE24 5NXNE24 5PANE24 5PBNE24 5PDNE24 5PENE24 5PFNE24 5PGNE24 5PHNE24 5PJNE24 5PLNE24 5PNNE24 5PPNE24 5PQNE24 5PRNE24 5PSNE24 5PTNE24 5PUNE24 5PWNE24 5PXNE24 5PYNE24 5PZNE24 5QANE24 5QBNE24 5QDNE24 5QENE24 5QFNE24 5QGNE24 5QHNE24 5QJNE24 5QQNE24 5SZ
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