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Hutton (South Ribble)

Hutton (South Ribble) is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has 1 pharmacy, 4 restaurants and cafés, and 20 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Preston Riverside, 2.9 km away. There were around 28 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hutton (South Ribble) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Ribble area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 111,035 residents at roughly 981 people per km².

Council
South Ribble
County
Lancashire
Constituency
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
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

19°CPartly Cloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

Crime

28 reported · July 2026 42% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order2

Neighbourhood team: New Longton & Hutton East · 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

126 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 119 rated 4–5 ★ (117 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Preston Riverside (2.9 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Preston (4.3 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

55 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Booths - Longton (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 6 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
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Ribble:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hutton, Lancashire · 0.3 km

    Hutton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Preston, in the South Ribble borough and parliamentary constituency. The population of the civil parish at the…

  • New Longton and Hutton railway station · 1.2 km

    New Longton and Hutton station was a railway station on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It was over a mile from each of the villages of Hutton and Howick Cross.

  • New Longton · 1.3 km

    New Longton is a village located 4 miles (6 km) south west of Preston, in the district of South Ribble, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. It is in the parish of Longton, which is the name of the older v…

  • Howick Cross · 1.3 km

    Howick Cross is a landmark and small hamlet in Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is located just over 2 miles south west of the city of Preston. The hamlet is predominantly made up of a small community…

  • All Hallows Catholic High School · 1.5 km

    All Hallows Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire.

  • River Ribble · 1.9 km

    The River Ribble is a river that flows through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It has a length of approximately 75 miles from its source near Selside in Ribblesdale to its estuary on the Irish Sea.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hutton (South Ribble)?
Hutton (South Ribble) is a town in Lancashire, England, in the South Ribble local authority.
How deprived is Hutton (South Ribble)?
The South Ribble local authority, which includes Hutton (South Ribble), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.