Read, Sabden & Chatburn

Ribble Valley · North West · population 8,042 · 5 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,061 of 6,856 in England
  • #133 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 8 in Ribble Valley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,811
Median age (est.)49
Density128per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above43%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

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 67% · No religion 26% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Read, Sabden & Chatburn is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,061 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 8 in Ribble Valley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (95) but weak on Living environment (27). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 122 sales), 6% above the wider Ribble Valley median of £283,500. Typical household take-home income is around £41,759 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 89 · #780
Employment 84 · #1,109
Education 95 · #313
Health 89 · #732
Crime 89 · #752
Housing & access 38 · #4,276
Living environment 27 · #5,030

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,0001220.0%+0.8%
Detached£449,00052+2.3%+24.7%
Semi-detached£282,00030-6.0%+17.5%
Terraced£205,00038+17.6%+17.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£300,000
Ribble Valley£283,500
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)£41,759±£5,883 · #2,920 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,371
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 259 offences
Ribble Valley41
North West82
England83

Rank #574 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences138
Theft36
Burglary25
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons13
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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