Little Bispham & Anchorsholme

Blackpool · North West · population 7,604 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,947 of 6,856 in England
  • #422 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 19 in Blackpool
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,621
Median age (est.)52
Density4,383per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 27%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 2%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Administrative 15% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Administrative15%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Little Bispham & Anchorsholme is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,947 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 19 in Blackpool. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (72) and lowest on Health (18). Typical homes here sold for about £152,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 151 sales), 11% above the wider Blackpool median of £137,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #860 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £30,295 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 54 · #3,186
Employment 38 · #4,228
Education 43 · #3,912
Health 18 · #5,605
Crime 48 · #3,583
Housing & access 72 · #1,917
Living environment 31 · #4,721

House prices ?

£152,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£152,000151+1.3%+16.9%
Detached£248,50016+3.5%+30.8%
Semi-detached£156,500100-2.2%+19.9%
Terraced£150,00015+11.1%+32.0%
Flat£96,75020+2.4%+18.0%
This area£152,000
Blackpool£137,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,295±£4,323 · #6,339 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,799
Price-to-income ?5.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 427 offences
Blackpool146
North West82
England83

Rank #2,573 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft59
Burglary10
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons35
Drugs6
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 195 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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