# Brierfield

Town in Pendle, North West.

Brierfield is a town in Pendle, North West. Median sale price £170,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 94.7 per 1,000 people. About 11,225 people.

Town. Code E63000768. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)

Brierfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Brierfield 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: £170,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brierfield was £170,000 in 2025. Joint 108th 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/brierfield#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 10,723** (2021). Brierfield had 10,723 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 272nd least 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/brierfield#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 84%** (2022). About 84% of people in Brierfield 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/brierfield#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.3%** (January 2026). In Brierfield, 98.3% 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/brierfield#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63000768) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 84% of people in Brierfield 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=E63000768) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 131 homes were sold in Brierfield in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63000768) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Brierfield.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63000768) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Brierfield had 10,723 usual residents at the census.

## How Brierfield compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Brierfield | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £170,000 | joint 25th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 10,723 | 19th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 84% | joint 51st most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.3% | joint 18th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Brierfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brierfield at a rate of 94.7 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, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brierfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (455), anti-social behaviour (237) and other crime (167).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Brierfield was 89.8 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 Brierfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Brierfield

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Pendle 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025187) | 1,513 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Pendle 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025185) | 2,163 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| [Pendle 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025186) | 2,011 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| [Pendle 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025212) | 1,600 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| [Pendle 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025213) | 1,534 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.6% |
| [Pendle 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025214) | 1,491 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.0% |
| [Pendle 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/neighbourhood/e01025215) | 1,598 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/burnley): Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)), 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.

## Council

[Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)

## Postcode districts covering Brierfield

[BB9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb9), [BB10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb10)

## Middle areas in Brierfield

[Brierfield & Reedley](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle/brierfield-and-reedley)

## Towns near Brierfield

[Nelson](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nelson), [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley), [Colne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colne), [Padiham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/padiham), [Barnoldswick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnoldswick), [Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/accrington)

## Brierfield in brief

Brierfield is a town in Pendle, North West.
About 11,225 people lived in Brierfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 131 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Brierfield was £170,000 in 2025.
Brierfield had 10,723 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in Brierfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Brierfield, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000768
- Constituency: [Burnley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/burnley)
- Council: [Pendle †](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.73 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,225*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 29

* 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

[Nelson](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nelson), [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley), [Colne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colne), [Padiham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/padiham), [Barnoldswick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnoldswick), [Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/accrington)

## Latest updates for Brierfield

- 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/E63000768

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierfield, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierfield#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierfield