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Barnoldswick

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North Pendle. About 9,198 people in 20 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Barnoldswick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,185
2,852nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barnoldswick compares

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

BarnoldswickMiddle
Population12 wards, Pendle · 2021
Population: every ward in Pendle12 areas from 2,430 to 11,306. The middle area is 8,025. Barnoldswick is 9,185.
9,1854th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Pendle · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Pendle12 areas from 7.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 80.0%. Barnoldswick is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Pendle · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Pendle12 areas from 82.2% to 99.1%. The middle area is 95.9%. Barnoldswick is 96.5%.
96.5%6th highest
Claimant rate12 wards, Pendle · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Pendle12 areas from 1.5% to 9.2%. The middle area is 5.6%. Barnoldswick is 2.4%.
2.4%4th lowest

Is Barnoldswick safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barnoldswick at a rate of 54.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 92.1 per 1,000 people across Pendle.

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

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barnoldswick.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (183), anti-social behaviour (102) and other crime (67).

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 Pendle

These figures are published for the whole of Pendle, not for each ward, so they describe all of Pendle and not Barnoldswick alone. See Pendle

Average house price
£152,798
Up 8.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£30,327
2nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.0×
Joint 43rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
35.3
15th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barnoldswick in brief

Barnoldswick had 9,185 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Barnoldswick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barnoldswick, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barnoldswick, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.