Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme & Water

Rossendale · North West · population 7,935 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,473 of 6,856 in England
  • #279 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 8 in Rossendale
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,882
Median age (est.)45
Density319per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 31%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 7%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%
Elementary6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 2%

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

Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme & Water is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,473 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 8 in Rossendale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (87) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here, about £242,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 124 sales), 28% above the wider Rossendale median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,320 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 80 · #1,362
Employment 73 · #1,849
Education 87 · #910
Health 61 · #2,699
Crime 66 · #2,356
Housing & access 18 · #5,605
Living environment 22 · #5,366

House prices ?

£242,500median (12m) · +6.6% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£242,500124+6.6%+34.3%
Detached£392,00043-2.0%+12.0%
Semi-detached£277,75020+6.8%+38.9%
Terraced£176,25058+0.7%+25.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£242,500
Rossendale£190,000
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)£38,320±£5,366 · #3,928 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,544
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 295 offences
Rossendale69
North West82
England83

Rank #1,008 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft19
Burglary29
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons24
Drugs2
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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