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Whittlefield with Ightenhill

Ward

North west Burnley. About 5,849 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 78% of people in Whittlefield with Ightenhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,850
Joint 3,465th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
78%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Whittlefield with Ightenhill compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Whittlefield with IghtenhillMiddle
Population15 wards, Burnley · 2021
Population: every ward in Burnley15 areas from 5,069 to 7,889. The middle area is 6,379. Whittlefield with Ightenhill is 5,850.
5,8504th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, Burnley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Burnley15 areas from 5.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 85.0%. Whittlefield with Ightenhill is 78.0%.
78%7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, Burnley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Burnley15 areas from 87.6% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.3%. Whittlefield with Ightenhill is 92.1%.
92.1%3rd lowest
Claimant rate15 wards, Burnley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Burnley15 areas from 1.1% to 10.3%. The middle area is 5.2%. Whittlefield with Ightenhill is 2.3%.
2.3%2nd lowest

Is Whittlefield with Ightenhill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whittlefield with Ightenhill at a rate of 65.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 139.0 per 1,000 people across Burnley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whittlefield with Ightenhill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (150), anti-social behaviour (82) and other crime (63).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Burnley

These figures are published for the whole of Burnley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Burnley and not Whittlefield with Ightenhill alone. See Burnley

Average house price
£136,703
Up 6.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,208
21st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.1×
Joint 10th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.7
Joint 3rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Whittlefield with Ightenhill in brief

Whittlefield with Ightenhill had 5,850 usual residents at the census.

About 78% of people in Whittlefield with Ightenhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Whittlefield with Ightenhill, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Whittlefield with Ightenhill, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.