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Newton Rigg

Newton Rigg is a village in Cumbria, England, with a population of under 3,000. It has 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Penrith (North Lakes), 2.3 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newton Rigg area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Westmorland and Furness area is around the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
Westmorland and Furness
County
Cumbria
Constituency
Penrith and The Border
Police force
Cumbria
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 54th of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Home affordability85
Affordable rents95
Good schools60
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation56
Low council tax30

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 70% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:31

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 4.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Burglary1
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: North Penrith and Alston · Cumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Youth antisocial behaviour and drug use and activity in Alston
  • Speeding vehicles and road safety concerns in Alston and surrounding roads

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

Road safety

393 reported road collisions (2025)

135 killed or seriously injured · 500 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

187 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 158 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Penrith (North Lakes) (2.1 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Penrith (2.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,161 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-08

Detached£390,474
Semi-detached£250,884
Terraced£188,147
Flat£134,138

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£816 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £604
  • 2 bed £772
  • 3 bed £942

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,339 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (3.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (3.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Booths Penrith (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,846
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,786
  • Net moves+2,060

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 165 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (25% of 117,810)

A £1,672
B £1,951
C £2,229
D £2,508
E £3,065
F £3,623
G £4,180
H £5,016

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

Schools

161 schools · 31,227 pupils

121 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 49 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Appleby Grammar SchoolGood
  • Furness AcademyGood
  • John Ruskin SchoolGood
  • Kirkby Stephen Grammar SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithGood
  • Queen Elizabeth SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth Studio SchoolGood
  • St Bernards Catholic High School, BarrowGood
  • The Lakes SchoolGood
  • The Queen Katherine SchoolGood
  • Ullswater Community CollegeGood
  • Dallam SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cartmel Priory CofE School
  • Dowdales School
  • Kirkbie Kendal School
  • Samuel King's School
  • Settlebeck School
  • Ulverston Victoria High School
  • Walney Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westmorland and Furness

Care & health services

229 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices40
  • Dentists56
  • Homecare agencies48
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westmorland and Furness

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

283 applications decided

94% granted · 266 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 9
  • LD 35
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £37,019 avg

e.g. Childrens Residential Support Worker, Childrens Residential Team Leader, Childrens Residential Support Worker (Bank)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£812 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,301 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 23,188 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.4 women · 62.8 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CA11

  • Birbeck Medical Group
  • The Lakes Medical Practice
  • Glenridding Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penrith and Solway:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Newton Rigg College · 0.1 km

    Newton Rigg College was an agricultural college near Penrith, Cumbria, England, founded in 1896 as the Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School. From 2011 it was part of Askham Bryan College, which in 2020 announced tha…

  • Penrith Rural District · 1.4 km

    Penrith was a rural district within the administrative county of Cumberland, England that existed from 1894 to 1974 with slight boundary changes in 1934.

  • Newton Reigny · 1.5 km

    Newton Reigny is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Catterlen, in Westmorland and Furness, in the English county of Cumbria, near the town of Penrith. In 1931 the parish had a population of 168.

  • Penrith railway station · 2.1 km

    Penrith North Lakes is a railway station on the West Coast Main Line, which runs between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Situated 17 miles 69 chains (28.7 km) south of Carlisle, it serves the market town of Penrith…

  • Penrith Castle · 2.2 km

    Penrith Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle located in Penrith, in the north-west of England, a few miles to the east of the Lake District National Park.

  • Eden FM · 2.2 km

    Eden FM is a community radio station serving Penrith and the Eden Valley in Cumbria. The station is based in Newton Rigg, Newton Road, Penrith, Cumbria. The station founder was Lee Quinn, who was also the founder of M…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Newton Rigg?
Newton Rigg is a town in Cumbria, England, in the Westmorland and Furness local authority.
How deprived is Newton Rigg?
The Westmorland and Furness local authority, which includes Newton Rigg, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.