Rishton Area Guide | £109k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
6,655
Households
2,994
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 9.9 per 1k
2,994
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£109,279
Median property price
149
Postcodes
2,994
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£109,279
Median property price
149
Postcodes

Sold prices in Rishton

England & Wales
Property sales · Rishton
HM Land Registry · Rishton
Average price
£145,029
YoY: +1.0%
Median price: £114,150
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £174,833
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£196k£145k£94k
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 Rishton

England & Wales
Crime trends · Rishton

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
33
YoY stable
382511
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
5
YoY -67%
38201
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
5
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
7
YoY —
18102
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving

66
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Rishton

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 · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

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.

Hyndburn 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.

Amenities in Rishton

GPs make up most of the mapped places

6 GPs · 5 Libraries · 2 Museums · 14 in all

  • GPs6
  • Libraries5
  • Museums2
  • Hospitals1

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

Overview of Rishton

Coordinates53.7673, -2.4186
Postcodes
149
Population (Census)
6,655
Households (Census)
2,994
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 9.9 per 1k

Demographics in Rishton

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,662
White Brit.94.4%
Other White1.5%
+ other · 4.1%

Religion

Total residents: 6,663
Christian61.6%
No religion31.1%
Not answered4.8%
Muslim1.7%
+ other · 0.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,655
50–6421.5%
35–4917.1%
25–3413.2%
65–7410.8%
75–847.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.0%

Households

Total households: 2,994
Other19.0%
Any member 66+14.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.3%
All members 66+9.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.6%
+ 7 other households · 37.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Rishton

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.23 (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 4.23 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Rishton