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Mawdesley

Mawdesley is a town or village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and Rufford railway station is 2.6 km away. There were around 7 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 Mawdesley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chorley area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 117,730 residents at roughly 581 people per km².

Council
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 35th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability78
Affordable rents84
Good schools77
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation60
Employment72
Low council tax53

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

20°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 44% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Motorcycle Anti-social Behaviour, Juvenile Nuisance, Organised Crime Gang Drug activity, Prolific Shoplifting.
  • Prolific Shoplifting

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

Road safety

220 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rufford (2.6 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rufford (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£212,647 average 3.7% YoY

Across Chorley · to 2026-06

Detached£340,471
Semi-detached£211,292
Terraced£169,344
Flat£116,426

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£792 average monthly rent 7% YoY

  • 1 bed £594
  • 2 bed £758
  • 3 bed £897

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

Affordability

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Fettlers Wharf Marina Limited (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

117,730 residents in Chorley · 581/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 53,180)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

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

Schools

73 schools · 17,889 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Albany AcademyGood
  • Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademyGood
  • Rivington and Blackrod High SchoolGood
  • St Michael's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • Southlands High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Holy Cross Catholic High School
  • Parklands High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chorley

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
  • 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

108 applications decided

95.4% granted · 103 granted, 5 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 29
  • Con 4
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Mawdesley – Flexible Schedule, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£765 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,589 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,947 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 32% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Mawdesley?
Mawdesley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Chorley local authority.
How deprived is Mawdesley?
The Chorley local authority, which includes Mawdesley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.