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Middleton (Lancaster)

Middleton (Lancaster) is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 2,500. There are 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Heysham Port, 1.8 km away. In June 2026, there were around 10 recorded street crimes, 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 Middleton (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

6°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, 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

13 reported · August 2026▼ 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Burglary3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other crime1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Overton - Lancaster · 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

47 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Heysham Port (1.8 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Heysham Port (1.8 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: 173.9p · Asda (6.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (6.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Heysham Golf Club (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 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

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

  • Parks & greens1

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

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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in LA3

  • Bay Medical Group

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

  • Heysham Refinery · 0.8 km

    Heysham oil refinery was located between Heysham and Middleton on the Heysham peninsula, Lancashire. It was built during the Second World War to produce high octane fuel for combat aircraft. It was later adapted to re…

  • Middleton, Lancashire · 1.1 km

    Middleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, between Heysham and Overton. It had a population of 810 in the 2021 Census.

  • Middleton Road Bridge Halt railway station · 1.5 km

    Middleton Road Bridge Halt was one mile northwest of the village of Middleton, Lancashire, England, open from 1904 to 1905 on the North Western Line of the Midland Railway.

  • Heysham nuclear power station · 1.6 km

    The Heysham nuclear power stations are operated by EDF Energy in Heysham, Lancashire, England. On the site two separate nuclear power stations, Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 operate independently, only with joint entry prot…

  • Heysham Port railway station · 1.8 km

    Heysham Port is a railway station on the Morecambe branch line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 7+3⁄4 miles (12 km) west of Lancaster, serves Heysham Port in Lancashire. It is owne…

  • Heysham Port · 2.0 km

    Heysham Port is situated by the village of Heysham, Lancashire, England. The harbour ships mainly roll-on/roll-off freight, with one passenger service run by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, which operates a twic…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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