Rossendale Area Guide | £161k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Rossendale

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
70,845
Households
30,494
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
30,494
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£161,295
Median property price
£752
Median rent
2,436
Postcodes
30,494
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£161,295
Median property price
£752
Median rent
2,436
Postcodes

Sold prices in Rossendale

England & Wales
Property sales · Rossendale
HM Land Registry · Rossendale
Average price
£218,833
YoY: +1.3%
Median price: £165,970
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 26 sales · avg £220,231
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£244k£202k£160k
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 Rossendale

England & Wales
Crime trends · Rossendale

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
194
YoY +8%
234191147
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
71
YoY -60%
21914061
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
23
YoY +28%
332211
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
14
YoY -53%
30162
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
49
YoY +14%
614426
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Public Order
37
YoY +28%
37239
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · public order up sharply · vehicle crime rising

485
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Rossendale

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.

Rossendale 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 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

Private rents in Rossendale

Median private rent

£752/month

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

£588
1 bed
£752
2 bed
£905
3 bed
£1,224
4 bed

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

Overview of Rossendale

Coordinates53.6964, -2.2578
Postcodes
2,436
Population (Census)
70,845
Households (Census)
30,494
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.8 per 1k

Demographics in Rossendale

Ethnicity

Total residents: 70,879
White Brit.90.4%
Pakistani2.3%
Bangladeshi2.2%
Other White1.2%
+ other · 3.8%

Religion

Total residents: 70,860
Christian48.8%
No religion40.1%
Not answered5.2%
Muslim4.9%
+ other · 1.0%

Age groups

Total residents: 70,845
50–6421.6%
35–4919.0%
25–3412.3%
65–7411.1%
10–157.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.4%

Households

Total households: 30,494
Other18.4%
Any member 66+13.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
All members 66+8.8%
+ 7 other households · 35.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Rossendale

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.24 (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 4.24 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).