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Ripponden

Ripponden is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 4,665. It has 27 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Sowerby Bridge, 6km away. There were around 17 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 Ripponden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Calderdale area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 206,631 residents at roughly 568 people per km².

Council
Calderdale
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Calder Valley
Police force
West Yorkshire
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 176th of 294 English council areas — better than 40% of them.

Low crime10
Home affordability90
Affordable rents90
Good schools80
Life expectancy25
Low deprivation24
Employment27
Low council tax55

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

14°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

373 reported road collisions (2024)

119 killed or seriously injured · 476 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

37 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 32 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sowerby Bridge (4.4 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sowerby Bridge (4.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£191,540 average 9.4% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-06

Detached£369,276
Semi-detached£229,421
Terraced£166,854
Flat£121,168

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£753 average monthly rent 2.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £546
  • 2 bed £681
  • 3 bed £813

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

Affordability

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: West Street Car Park (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 76 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 97,420)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,958
F £3,496
G £4,034
H £4,840

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

Schools

114 schools · 36,139 pupils

81 primary · 11 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 51 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

99inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Trinity Academy HalifaxOutstanding
  • The Crossley Heath SchoolGood
  • The North Halifax Grammar SchoolGood
  • Todmorden High School, A SHARE AcademyGood
  • Trinity Academy GrammarGood
  • Brighouse High School
  • Lightcliffe Academy
  • Park Lane Academy
  • Rastrick High School
  • Ryburn Valley High School
  • The Brooksbank School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

Care & health services

176 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes47
  • GP practices24
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies48
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

184 applications decided

82.1% granted · 151 granted, 33 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

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 8
  • LD 2
  • Grn 7
  • Ref 34
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £33,329 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Online Chinese Tutoring Job in Ripponden – Flexible Schedule, Become a Chinese Tutor in Ripponden – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 110,473 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ripponden and Barkisland railway station · 0.3 km

    Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripp…

  • Ripponden · 0.4 km

    Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its population was 6,412 at the time of the 2001 Census, a…

  • Soyland · 0.6 km

    Soyland is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is just north of Ripponden off the A58 road and is 5 miles (8 km) south west of Halifax. The village referred to as Soy…

  • Rishworth railway station · 1.0 km

    Rishworth railway station was a railway station on the Rishworth branch, built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to serve the village of Rishworth in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1881 and clo…

  • Rishworth · 1.2 km

    Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School. In 1…

  • Kebroyd · 1.3 km

    Kebroyd is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Ripponden, in the Calderdale district, in West Yorkshire, England, within the valley of the River Ryburn, between Sowerby Bridge and Ripponden. Kebroyd has an approxima…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ripponden?
Ripponden is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Calderdale local authority.
What is the population of Ripponden?
Ripponden has an approximate settlement population of 4,665.
How deprived is Ripponden?
The Calderdale local authority, which includes Ripponden, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.