Brierfield & Reedley

Pendle · North West · population 10,398 · 6 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,969 of 6,856 in England
  • #695 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 12 in Pendle
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,396
Median age (est.)36
Density1,404per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above27%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 27%45–64 22%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Process & plant 12% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Process & plant12%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 42%Asian: 55%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 42%Asian 55%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Muslim 53% · Christian 27% · No religion 14%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Brierfield & Reedley is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,969 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 12 in Pendle. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (40) and lowest on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £168,725 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 118 sales), 15% above the wider Pendle median of £147,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,259 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,948
Employment 16 · #5,770
Education 13 · #5,935
Health 27 · #4,995
Crime 40 · #4,132
Housing & access 29 · #4,865
Living environment 5 · #6,531

House prices ?

£168,725median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£168,725118+8.9%+12.5%
Detached£265,00029-5.4%+32.5%
Semi-detached£184,97542+8.2%+12.1%
Terraced£85,00045+13.3%+30.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£168,725
Pendle£147,000
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)£34,259±£4,835 · #5,259 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,462
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 792 offences
Pendle74
North West82
England83

Rank #3,891 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences425
Theft72
Burglary34
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson83
Public order & weapons68
Drugs45
Robbery5
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 284 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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