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Todmorden

Todmorden is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 11,690. It has around 1 restaurant and café, with 9 bus stops and Todmorden railway station 4.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £232,210, and there were around 96 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 Todmorden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Burnley area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 94,646 residents at roughly 855 people per km².

Council
Burnley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Burnley
Police force
Lancashire
28/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 281st of 294 English council areas — better than 4% of them.

Low crime18
Home affordability99
Affordable rents94
Good schools3
Life expectancy8
Low deprivation3
Employment10
Low council tax21

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

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

94 reported · July 2026 28% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences37
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Criminal damage & arson9
  • Vehicle crime9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Upper Valley Ward Areas : Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd and Ryburn. 1. Anti-Social Behaviour (Youth & Vehicle rel…
  • Lower Valley Ward Areas : Brighouse, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Northowram, Greetland and Stainland, Elland and Rastrick. 1 Anti-Social…

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

Road safety

176 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

117 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 94 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Todmorden (0.2 km)
  • 79 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Todmorden (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£134,515 average 9.9% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-06

Detached£248,277
Semi-detached£158,911
Terraced£114,292
Flat£81,010

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£628 average monthly rent 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £463
  • 2 bed £585
  • 3 bed £692

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

Affordability

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Valero (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Valero (8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: School Lane (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

38% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

A £1,700
B £1,983
C £2,266
D £2,549
E £3,116
F £3,683
G £4,249
H £5,099

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

Schools

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Sir John Thursby Community CollegeGood
  • Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Unity CollegeRequires improvement
  • Burnley High School
  • Shuttleworth College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

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

  • In a conservation area (Todmorden)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 137 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

64 applications decided

84.4% granted · 54 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

Calder Valley

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

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 3
  • LD 6
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

31 jobs advertised · £32,829 avg

e.g. Online Physics Tutoring Job in Todmorden – Flexible Schedule, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Sales Administrator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 56% · Gas 15% · Wind 15% · Imports 10%

128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Todmorden Markets · 0.1 km

    Todmorden Markets consist of an indoor market held in the Public Market Hall and an outdoor open air market held to the front of the Public Market Hall in central Todmorden adjacent to the Town Hall. The indoor market…

  • Todmorden Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Todmorden Town Hall is a municipal building in Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Todmorden Town Council, is a grade I listed building.

  • Todmorden bus station · 0.1 km

    Todmorden bus station serves the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro and was opened during 1997. The bus situated in the town centre, next to the To…

  • Todmorden · 0.2 km

    Todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is 17 miles north-east of Manchester, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Burnley and 9 miles (14 km) west of…

  • Todmorden railway station · 0.2 km

    Todmorden railway station serves the town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, originally on the Yorkshire and Lancashire border. It was built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway and is on the Calder Valley line 2…

  • Todmorden Unitarian Church · 0.4 km

    Todmorden Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located on Honey Hole Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. Built in honour of John Fielden, a local mill owner and a social reformer, the church was completed in 1…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Todmorden?
Todmorden is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Burnley local authority.
What is the population of Todmorden?
Todmorden has an approximate settlement population of 11,690.
How deprived is Todmorden?
The Burnley local authority, which includes Todmorden, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.