# Clitheroe Town in Ribble Valley, North West. Clitheroe is a town in Ribble Valley, North West. Median sale price £235,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.6 per 1,000 people. About 18,192 people. Town. Code E63000708. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) Clitheroe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Clitheroe 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: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Clitheroe was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 397th 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/clitheroe#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 16,626** (2021). Clitheroe had 16,626 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 575th 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/clitheroe#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Clitheroe 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/clitheroe#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.4%** (January 2026). In Clitheroe, 95.4% 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/clitheroe#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000708) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Clitheroe 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=E63000708) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 327 homes were sold in Clitheroe in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000708) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Clitheroe. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000708) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Clitheroe had 16,626 usual residents at the census. ## How Clitheroe compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Clitheroe | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £235,000 | joint 65th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 16,626 | 54th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.4% | joint 73rd lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Clitheroe safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Clitheroe at a rate of 59.6 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, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Clitheroe. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (396), anti-social behaviour (278) and other crime (171). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Clitheroe was 63.3 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 Clitheroe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Clitheroe has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Clitheroe | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Ribble Valley 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025334) | 2,080 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.4% | | [Ribble Valley 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025344) | 1,304 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% | | [Ribble Valley 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025345) | 1,511 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% | | [Ribble Valley 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025346) | 1,482 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% | | [Ribble Valley 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025347) | 1,783 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% | | [Ribble Valley 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025329) | 2,269 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.7% | | [Ribble Valley 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025330) | 1,527 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.2% | | [Ribble Valley 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025335) | 1,310 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.9% | | [Ribble Valley 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025338) | 1,542 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% | | [Ribble Valley 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/neighbourhood/e01025339) | 2,331 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% | ## Your MP - [Pendle and Clitheroe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pendle-and-clitheroe): Jonathan Hinder (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. ## Council [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) ## Postcode districts covering Clitheroe [BB7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb7) ## Middle areas in Clitheroe [Clitheroe North](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/clitheroe-north), [Clitheroe South](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley/clitheroe-south) ## Towns near Clitheroe [Padiham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/padiham), [Great Harwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-harwood), [Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackburn), [Clayton-le-Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clayton-le-moors), [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley), [Brierfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierfield) ## Clitheroe in brief Clitheroe is a town in Ribble Valley, North West. About 18,192 people lived in Clitheroe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 327 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Clitheroe was £235,000 in 2025. Clitheroe had 16,626 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Clitheroe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Clitheroe, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000708 - Constituency: [Pendle and Clitheroe †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pendle-and-clitheroe) - Council: [Ribble Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.93 km² - People, mid-2024: 18,192* - Neighbourhoods: 10 - Output areas: 53 * 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 [Padiham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/padiham), [Great Harwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-harwood), [Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackburn), [Clayton-le-Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clayton-le-moors), [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley), [Brierfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierfield) ## Latest updates for Clitheroe - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000708 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/clitheroe, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/clitheroe#f-house-sales-median-price. 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