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South Ribble

South Ribble is a town or village in Lancashire, England. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, around 11 restaurants and cafés, 36 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Lostock Hall, 0.4 km away. There were around 65 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 9 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, South Ribble is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 111,035 residents at roughly 981 people per km².

60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 82nd of 294 English council areas — better than 72% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability80
Affordable rents85
Good schools10
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation66
Employment72
Low council tax50

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

Crime

70 reported · July 2026 23% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences31
  • Anti-social behaviour18
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Farington West · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Motorcycle Anti-social Behaviour
  • Road Safety

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

Road safety

202 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 292 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

344 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 292 rated 4–5 ★ (283 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lostock Hall (0.4 km)
  • 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lostock Hall (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£211,854 average 4.7% YoY

Across South Ribble · to 2026-06

Detached£328,480
Semi-detached£211,316
Terraced£164,410
Flat£113,579

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£800 average monthly rent 5.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £559
  • 2 bed £734
  • 3 bed £885

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

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (5.4 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

63 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Ribble House, Meanygate (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

111,035 residents in South Ribble · 981/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 52,430)

A £1,628
B £1,900
C £2,171
D £2,443
E £2,985
F £3,528
G £4,071
H £4,885

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

Schools

58 schools · 17,116 pupils

39 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 17 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • All Hallows Catholic High SchoolOutstanding
  • Penwortham Girls' High SchoolOutstanding
  • Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • Penwortham Priory AcademyGood
  • Walton-Le-Dale High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Wellfield AcademyRequires improvement
  • Academy@Worden
  • Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
  • Hutton Church of England Grammar School
  • Lostock Hall Academy
  • St Mary's Catholic High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Ribble

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
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

83 applications decided

98.8% granted · 82 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Paul Foster

Labour

South Ribble

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure 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

Labour majority

  • Lab 28
  • Con 16
  • LD 5
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£728 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,788 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,113 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 35% · Gas 11% · Imports 10%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

13 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in PR5

  • The Ryan Medical Centre
  • Roslea Surgery
  • Lostock Hall Medical Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Ribble:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lostock Hall · 0.3 km

    Lostock Hall is a suburban village within the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. It is located on the south side of the River Ribble, some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Preston and 3 miles (5 km) north of Leylan…

  • Lostock Hall railway station · 0.4 km

    Lostock Hall railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lostock Hall in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. It is on the East Lancashire Line and is managed by Northern Trains, who also p…

  • Farington railway station · 0.4 km

    Farington railway station served the village of Farington, south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.

  • St Paul's Church, Farington · 0.7 km

    St Paul's Church is in the village of Farington Moss, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is…

  • South Ribble (constituency) · 0.9 km

    South Ribble is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Paul Foster for Labour.

  • Farington Cricket Ground · 0.9 km

    Farington Cricket Ground, known as AO Farington Cricket Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket ground in Farington, Lancashire, England. It opened in 2026 as a second base for Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)