# Bamber Bridge

Town in South Ribble and Chorley, North West.

Bamber Bridge is a town in South Ribble and Chorley, North West. Median sale price £210,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 91.6 per 1,000 people. About 41,858 people.

Town. Code E63000893. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble)

Bamber Bridge is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bamber Bridge add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bamber Bridge was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 275th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,359** (2021). Bamber Bridge had 40,359 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 275th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 28%** (2022). About 28% of people in Bamber Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.5%** (January 2026). In Bamber Bridge, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000893) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 28% of people in Bamber Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000893) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 705 homes were sold in Bamber Bridge in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000893) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bamber Bridge.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000893) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bamber Bridge had 40,359 usual residents at the census.

## How Bamber Bridge compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bamber Bridge | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £210,000 | joint 67th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 40,359 | 42nd most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 28% | 80th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.5% | joint 56th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bamber Bridge safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bamber Bridge at a rate of 91.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 333 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bamber Bridge.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,428), anti-social behaviour (808) and other crime (545).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bamber Bridge was 95.8 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Bamber Bridge, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bamber Bridge has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Bamber Bridge

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chorley 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024951) | 1,178 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [Chorley 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024952) | 1,220 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| [Chorley 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024953) | 1,382 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| [Chorley 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024954) | 1,549 | 150.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Chorley 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024946) | 1,218 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Chorley 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024947) | 1,305 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Chorley 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024955) | 1,373 | 182.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| [Chorley 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/neighbourhood/e01024948) | 1,690 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| [South Ribble 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025403) | 2,187 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| [South Ribble 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025457) | 1,344 | 155.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% |
| [South Ribble 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025463) | 1,366 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [South Ribble 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025464) | 1,209 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [South Ribble 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025465) | 1,021 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| [South Ribble 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025411) | 2,206 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| [South Ribble 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025412) | 1,413 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| [South Ribble 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025404) | 1,184 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [South Ribble 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025405) | 1,233 | 217.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| [South Ribble 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025406) | 1,130 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| [South Ribble 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025407) | 1,910 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [South Ribble 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025399) | 1,406 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| [South Ribble 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025400) | 2,111 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| [South Ribble 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025401) | 1,585 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.0% |
| [South Ribble 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025402) | 1,951 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| [South Ribble 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025442) | 1,028 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
| [South Ribble 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025443) | 1,276 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [South Ribble 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025444) | 1,252 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [South Ribble 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025461) | 1,949 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [South Ribble 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025462) | 2,026 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |

## Your MP

- [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ribble-valley): Maya Ellis (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Councils Bamber Bridge sits in

[South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley)

## Postcode districts covering Bamber Bridge

[PR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr1), [PR5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr5), [PR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr6)

## Middle areas in Bamber Bridge

[Bamber Bridge East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/bamber-bridge-east), [Bamber Bridge West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/bamber-bridge-west), [Clayton Brook](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/clayton-brook), [Clayton-le-Woods](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley/clayton-le-woods), [Lostock Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/lostock-hall), [Walton-le-Dale](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/walton-le-dale)

## Towns near Bamber Bridge

[Penwortham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penwortham), [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/preston), [Leyland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leyland), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/euxton), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorley), [Longton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longton)

## Bamber Bridge in brief

Bamber Bridge is a town in South Ribble and Chorley, North West.
About 41,858 people lived in Bamber Bridge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 705 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bamber Bridge was £210,000 in 2025.
Bamber Bridge had 40,359 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in Bamber Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bamber Bridge, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000893
- Constituency: [Ribble Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ribble-valley)
- Council: [South Ribble †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 12.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,858*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 136

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Penwortham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penwortham), [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/preston), [Leyland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leyland), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/euxton), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorley), [Longton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longton)

## Latest updates for Bamber Bridge

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000893

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge