Avg IMD
Least deprived 30–40%
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
6,731
Households
2,881
Crimes · Aug '26
21
2,881
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Least deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
21
Crimes · Aug '26
£250,000
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 75 sales
174
Postcodes

Sold prices in Helmshore

England & Wales
Property sales · Helmshore
HM Land Registry · Helmshore
Average price
£283,317
Median price: £250,000
Median -3.8% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 75 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Jul '26Jul '26: 9 sales · avg £275,777
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£323k£279k£235k
Sep '25Nov '25Feb '26May '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 Helmshore

England & Wales
Crime trends · Helmshore

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
8
YoY —
17103
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
4
YoY —
1890
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
530
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
3
YoY —
851
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 6 key categories improving

21
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Helmshore

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,740
White Brit.94.6%
Other White1.2%
Pakistani0.6%
White & Asian0.6%
White Irish0.6%
+ 13 other groups · 2.4%

Religion

Total residents: 6,744
Christian55.8%
No religion36.9%
Not answered5.3%
Muslim1.3%
Buddhist0.2%
+ 4 other religions · 0.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,731
50–6421.4%
35–4918.6%
65–7413.4%
25–349.5%
75–848.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.5%

Households

Total households: 2,881
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.2%
One person: other14.8%
One person: aged 66+14.7%
Single family household, all members 66+13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.5%
+ 9 other households · 29.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Helmshore

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Least deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 6.96 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Least deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.96 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Helmshore

2% of postcodes (4 of 174) 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 34 (2%)
  • Zone 22 (1%)
  • Zone 1168 (97%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Rossendale

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

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.

Last place offered

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

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Overview of Helmshore

Coordinates53.6897, -2.3327
Postcodes
174
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
6,731
Households (Census)
2,881
Recorded crime · Aug '26
21

Postcode Districts in Helmshore

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