Rochdale

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 20° / 13° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Rochdale Town Centre · Greater Manchester

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

107 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 340 rated 4–5 ★ (275 top)
• 42 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Rochdale (0.8 km)
• 87 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,320 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rossendale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£808 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £752
• 3 bed £905

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (8 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Rochdale Bus Station (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rossendale Council employee shortlisted to for BBC award· 10 Sept 2026
• New-look toddler play area reopens at Whitaker Park· 3 Sept 2026
• Rossendale Borough Council secures prosecution following persistent noise nuisance· 3 Sept 2026
• Saturday footfall rises following investment in Haslingden town centre· 3 Sept 2026
• Up to £10,000 available to help businesses fill empty shops in Rossendale· 14 Aug 2026

Source: Rossendale Council

70,871 residents in Rossendale · 513/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 32,870)

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

47 schools · 11,948 pupils

31 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rossendale

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

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

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

58 applications decided

81% granted · 47 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

Rochdale

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 19
• Con 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens367
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,108 jobs advertised · £40,012 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Lancashire, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Commis Chef

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,283 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 34,663 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 51% · Imports 16% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochdale:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 641 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office301 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership232 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test210 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Rochdale Town Centre tram stop · 0.0 km

  Rochdale Town Centre is a tram stop and the terminus on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It was constructed as part of Phase 3b of the system's expansion, and is…

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  Rochdale Riverside · 0.1 km

  Rochdale Riverside is a retail and leisure complex in the town of Rochdale, England. The first phase of the development was completed in April 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The development covers 20…

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  Rochdale Interchange · 0.1 km

  Rochdale Interchange is a transport hub in the town of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It is operated by Transport for Greater Manchester. It was opened on November 2013, integrating a new bus station with M…

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  Number One Riverside · 0.1 km

  Number One Riverside is a multi-use public building on Smith Street in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It houses Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council's civic offices and customer service centre, Rochdale Centr…

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  Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale · 0.1 km

  The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Littlebo…

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  Reed Hotel · 0.2 km

  The Reed Hotel is a Grade II listed former public house on Reed Hill in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the late 18th century as a hotel, it operated as a pub until its closure in 2024. Proposals have…

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