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Scotforth West

WARD
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
6,820
Households
2,570
Crimes · Jun '26
2
2,570
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
Christian · 44%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
2
Crimes · Jun '26
£217,500
Median property price
155
Postcodes
2,570
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
Christian · 44%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
2
Crimes · Jun '26
£217,500
Median property price
155
Postcodes

Sold prices in Scotforth West

England & Wales
Property sales · Scotforth West
HM Land Registry · Scotforth West
Average price
£286,140
YoY: +15.9%
Median price: £208,850
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £118,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£396k£257k£119k
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 Scotforth West

England & Wales
Crime trends · Scotforth West

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
1
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

2
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Scotforth West

Medium flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 2

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 2 is land with between a 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100 chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

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.

Lancaster 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 an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

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 Scotforth West

GPs make up most of the mapped places

28 GPs · 10 Libraries · 9 Museums · 58 in all

  • GPs28
  • Libraries10
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals8
  • Universities3

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

Overview of Scotforth West

Coordinates54.0341, -2.8010
Postcodes
155
Population (Census)
6,820
Households (Census)
2,570
Recorded crime · Jun '26
2

Demographics in Scotforth West

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,815
White Brit.75.2%
Other White6.4%
Chinese2.9%
Bangladeshi2.8%
Indian2.5%
+ 3 other groups · 10.3%

Religion

Total residents: 6,822
Christian44.3%
No religion38.9%
Not answered7.6%
Muslim7.0%
Hindu1.0%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,820
50–6417.7%
20–2417.0%
35–4915.8%
25–3411.2%
65–748.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.8%

Households

Total households: 2,570
Other17.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.4%
Any member 66+12.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.1%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over9.7%
+ 7 other households · 33.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Scotforth West

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.91 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.91 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Scotforth West