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Sabden

Sabden is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 1,422. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 8 bus stops, and Whalley railway station is 4.8 km away. There were around 9 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sabden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Ribble Valley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 61,558 residents at roughly 106 people per km².

Council
Ribble Valley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
79/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 1st of 294 English council areas — better than 100% of them.

Low crime99
Home affordability88
Affordable rents100
Good schools15
Life expectancy90
Low deprivation92
Employment98
Low council tax63

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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:28

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

8 reported · August 2026▲ 167% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Sabden · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety, Anti-social Behaviour and supporting people with vulnerabilities

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

Road safety

97 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 131 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

28 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Whalley (4.8 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Whalley (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,529 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Ribble Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£444,514
Semi-detached£278,497
Terraced£202,135
Flat£157,593

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£818 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £608
  • 2 bed £772
  • 3 bed £936

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

Affordability

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,011 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: 165.7p · Asda (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (7.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

34 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Fort Vale Engineering Limited (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

61,558 residents in Ribble Valley · 106/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,741
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,367
  • Net moves+1,374

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 273 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 29,810)

A £1,591
B £1,856
C £2,121
D £2,387
E £2,917
F £3,447
G £3,978
H £4,773

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

Schools

45 schools · 12,467 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Bowland HighGood
  • St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Longridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Cecilia's RC High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ribble Valley

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
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

133 applications decided

78.9% granted · 105 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 5
  • Con 16
  • LD 6
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£833 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,041 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,148 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 32% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

51 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BB7

  • Whalley Site
  • Whalley Medical Centre
  • Pendleside Medical Pract

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sabden · 0.3 km

    Sabden is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Sabden is located south of Pendle Hill, in a valley about three miles north west of Padiham. The parish covers 2,450.9 acres (991.85 ha),…

  • Huntroyde Hall · 2.3 km

    Huntroyde Hall is a grade II listed, 16th-century house in the civil parish of Simonstone in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Its estate, Huntroyde Demesne, once extended to over 6,500 acres.

  • Simonstone, Lancashire · 2.8 km

    Simonstone is a small village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,154. It is about 4 miles (6 km) west of Burnley an…

  • Higham, Lancashire · 3.0 km

    Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, south of Pendle Hill. The civil parish is named Higham with West Close Booth. The village is 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Padiham and about 4 miles…

  • Pendleton, Lancashire · 3.0 km

    Pendleton is a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, within the county of Lancashire, England. It is close to the towns of Whalley and Clitheroe. The parish lies on the north west side of Pendle Hill below…

  • Read, Lancashire · 3.1 km

    Read is a village in Lancashire 5 miles west northwest of Burnley and 2 miles east of Whalley. It is on the A671 which is the main road between Burnley and Clitheroe. The population of the civil parish as taken at the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sabden?
Sabden is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Ribble Valley local authority.
What is the population of Sabden?
Sabden has an approximate settlement population of 1,422.
How deprived is Sabden?
The Ribble Valley local authority, which includes Sabden, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.