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Burnley

Burnley is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 70,000. It has 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 22 restaurants & cafés, along with 64 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Burnley Manchester Road, 0.9 km away. There were around 570 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Burnley is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 94,646 residents at roughly 855 people per km².

28/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 281st of 294 English council areas — better than 4% of them.

Low crime18
Home affordability99
Affordable rents94
Good schools3
Life expectancy8
Low deprivation3
Employment10
Low council tax21

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

13°CMist

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

Crime

575 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences188
  • Anti-social behaviour122
  • Shoplifting103
  • Public order34

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Rosehill with Burnley Wood · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti- social Behaviour - Burnley Town Centre , Shoplifting - Burnley wide.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

176 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 403 rated 4–5 ★ (291 top)
  • 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Burnley Manchester Road (0.9 km)
  • 64 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burnley Manchester Road (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£134,515 average 9.9% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-06

Detached£248,277
Semi-detached£158,911
Terraced£114,292
Flat£81,010

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£628 average monthly rent 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £463
  • 2 bed £585
  • 3 bed £692

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (5.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches38
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

38% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

A £1,700
B £1,983
C £2,266
D £2,549
E £3,116
F £3,683
G £4,249
H £5,099

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Sir John Thursby Community CollegeGood
  • Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Unity CollegeRequires improvement
  • Burnley High School
  • Shuttleworth College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes423
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists250
  • Homecare agencies290
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 146 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

64 applications decided

84.4% granted · 54 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)

Burnley

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 3
  • LD 6
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens40
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

789 jobs advertised · £40,006 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Staff Nurse - Outpatients Fixed Term

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

98% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Wind 27% · Biomass 14% · Gas 2%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BB11

  • Yorkshire Street Medical Centre
  • Burnley Group Practice
  • Parkside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burnley:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Burnley Wood · 0.1 km

    Burnley Wood is a district and former electoral ward of Burnley, Lancashire, England. In broad terms the area lies between Parliament Street in the north and Hufling Lane in the south, and from the railway in the west…

  • Burnley power station · 0.4 km

    Burnley power station supplied electricity to the town of Burnley, Lancashire from 1893 to 1958. The electricity station was owned and operated by Burnley Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electr…

  • Towneley railway station · 0.5 km

    Towneley railway station was a station in Lancashire which served Burnley Wood and the nearby Towneley Hall on the eastern edge of Burnley. Opened on 12 November 1849 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, it was se…

  • Burnley bus station · 0.6 km

    Burnley bus station serves the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council and Burnley Borough Council. The station was opened in October 2002, at a total cos…

  • Burnley Embankment · 0.6 km

    The Burnley Embankment is an embankment carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal across the Calder and Brun valleys in Burnley, Lancashire. Also known as the Straight Mile, the embankment is 1,256 yards long and the can…

  • Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley · 0.6 km

    The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Salford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage Lis…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)