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Todmorden

Todmorden is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 11,690. It has around 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, and 29 restaurants and cafés, with 70 bus stops and Todmorden railway station 1 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 Calderdale area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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 181st of 294 English council areas — better than 38% of them.

Low crime11
Home affordability90
Affordable rents90
Good schools80
Life expectancy21
Low deprivation24
Employment26
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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:31

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

83 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Shoplifting12
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Public order7

4 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

357 reported road collisions (2025)

99 killed or seriously injured · 463 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

119 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 95 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
  • 5 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

£197,651 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-08

Detached£380,393
Semi-detached£236,606
Terraced£172,551
Flat£124,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£756 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £548
  • 2 bed £684
  • 3 bed £817

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

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

Property sales

3,014 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 (7.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

3 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

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,304
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,940
  • Net moves+364

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

99 inspected 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

177 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes46
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies49
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

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

206 applications decided

80.6% granted · 166 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

Calder Valley

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

24 jobs advertised · £38,341 avg

e.g. Supply SEN Teaching Assistant, Maternity Cover- Todmorden, Residential Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% 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

84% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 50% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Solar 3%

117 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in OL14

  • Todmorden Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

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

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 West Yorkshire, England, in the Calderdale local authority.
What is the population of Todmorden?
Todmorden has an approximate settlement population of 11,690.
How deprived is Todmorden?
The Calderdale local authority, which includes Todmorden, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.