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Halton (Lancaster)

Halton is a village in Lancashire, England, with two restaurants and cafés, and 17 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Lancaster, 4.7 km away. There were around 17 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Halton (Lancaster) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lancaster area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 142,932 residents at roughly 252 people per km².

Council
Lancaster
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Police force
Lancashire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 165th of 294 English council areas — better than 44% of them.

Low crime53
Home affordability85
Affordable rents81
Good schools23
Life expectancy17
Low deprivation45
Employment60
Low council tax31

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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:29

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.0% 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▼ 54% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1
  • Theft from the person1

Neighbourhood team: Halton with Aughton & Kellet · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime and reassurance

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

Road safety

231 reported road collisions (2025)

83 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

40 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lancaster (4.7 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lancaster (4.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,781 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Lancaster · to 2026-08

Detached£347,475
Semi-detached£226,826
Terraced£182,595
Flat£116,419

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£823 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £602
  • 2 bed £753
  • 3 bed £925

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

Affordability

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,800 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: 170.9p · Asda (4.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (4.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Lancaster Park & Ride (7kw charging) (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,932 residents in Lancaster · 252/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,320
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,202
  • Net moves+118

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 135 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 66,990)

A £1,669
B £1,947
C £2,225
D £2,503
E £3,059
F £3,616
G £4,172
H £5,006

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

Schools

73 schools · 19,170 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyOutstanding
  • Bay Leadership AcademyGood
  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lancaster High SchoolGood
  • Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolGood
  • Morecambe Bay AcademyGood
  • Our Lady's Catholic CollegeRequires improvement
  • Carnforth High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lancaster

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes424
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists248
  • Homecare agencies288
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Halton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

156 applications decided

84.6% granted · 132 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lizzi Collinge

Labour

Morecambe and Lunesdale

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 20
  • Con 5
  • LD 7
  • Grn 24
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,485 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£687 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,896 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,734 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 46% · Wind 31% · Gas 12% · Imports 11%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LA2

  • Bentham Medical Practice
  • St John'S Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Morecambe and Lunesdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Halton-with-Aughton · 0.4 km

    Halton-with-Aughton is a civil parish and electoral ward located 3 miles (5 km) east of Lancaster, England, on the north bank of the River Lune. The main settlement is the village of Halton, or Halton-on-Lune, in the…

  • Halton railway station (Lancashire) · 0.5 km

    Halton railway station served the village of Halton in Lancashire, England. It closed in 1966, but the station building and part of one platform survive beside the cycle path along the disused line.

  • Lancaster University Boat Club · 0.5 km

    Lancaster University Boat Club (LUBC) is the rowing club of Lancaster University. The club was founded in 1964 with the inception of the university by Sir Harold Parkinson and is the oldest sports club at the universi…

  • North West England · 0.6 km

    North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 i…

  • Halton Cross · 0.7 km

    The Halton Cross, also known as Sigurd's Cross, is a composite high cross in the churchyard of St Wilfrid's Church, Halton-on-Lune, Lancashire. A 19th-century reconstruction, it comprises the remaining fragment of the…

  • St Wilfrid's Church, Halton-on-Lune · 0.7 km

    St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in Halton-on-Lune, a village in the English county of Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. Halton may have…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Halton (Lancaster)?
Halton (Lancaster) is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Lancaster local authority.
How deprived is Halton (Lancaster)?
The Lancaster local authority, which includes Halton (Lancaster), is around the average in England on the IoD2025.