# Oswaldtwistle Town in Hyndburn, North West. Oswaldtwistle is a town in Hyndburn, North West. Median sale price £145,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 117.5 per 1,000 people. About 11,385 people. Town. Code E63000878. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) Oswaldtwistle is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Oswaldtwistle 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: £145,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Oswaldtwistle was £145,500 in 2025. Joint 41st 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/oswaldtwistle#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 10,810** (2021). Oswaldtwistle had 10,810 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 275th 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/oswaldtwistle#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in Oswaldtwistle 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/oswaldtwistle#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.4%** (January 2026). In Oswaldtwistle, 98.4% 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/oswaldtwistle#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63000878) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 93% of people in Oswaldtwistle 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=E63000878) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 199 homes were sold in Oswaldtwistle in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63000878) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Oswaldtwistle. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63000878) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Oswaldtwistle had 10,810 usual residents at the census. ## How Oswaldtwistle compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Oswaldtwistle | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £145,500 | 10th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 10,810 | 20th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 93% | joint 40th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.4% | joint 15th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Oswaldtwistle safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oswaldtwistle at a rate of 117.5 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, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oswaldtwistle. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (513), anti-social behaviour (292) and other crime (151). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Oswaldtwistle was 118.3 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 Oswaldtwistle, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Oswaldtwistle has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Oswaldtwistle | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Hyndburn 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025081) | 1,608 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% | | [Hyndburn 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025055) | 1,446 | 146.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% | | [Hyndburn 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025075) | 1,742 | 151.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% | | [Hyndburn 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025076) | 1,256 | 246.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% | | [Hyndburn 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025077) | 1,424 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% | | [Hyndburn 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025078) | 1,421 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% | | [Hyndburn 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025054) | 1,566 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.1% | | [Hyndburn 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025056) | 1,287 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% | | [Hyndburn 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/neighbourhood/e01025080) | 1,463 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.9% | ## Your MP - [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hyndburn): Sarah Smith (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 [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) ## Postcode districts covering Oswaldtwistle [BB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb1), [BB5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb5) ## Middle areas in Oswaldtwistle [Broadfield & Knuzden](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/broadfield-and-knuzden), [Oswaldtwistle](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn/oswaldtwistle) ## Towns near Oswaldtwistle [Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/accrington), [Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackburn), [Clayton-le-Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clayton-le-moors), [Great Harwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-harwood), [Haslingden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haslingden), [Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/darwen) ## Oswaldtwistle in brief Oswaldtwistle is a town in Hyndburn, North West. About 11,385 people lived in Oswaldtwistle in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,500 in 2025 across 199 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 117.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Oswaldtwistle was £145,500 in 2025. Oswaldtwistle had 10,810 usual residents at the census. About 93% of people in Oswaldtwistle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Oswaldtwistle, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000878 - Constituency: [Hyndburn †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hyndburn) - Council: [Hyndburn †](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.51 km² - People, mid-2024: 11,385* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 38 * 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 [Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/accrington), [Blackburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blackburn), [Clayton-le-Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clayton-le-moors), [Great Harwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-harwood), [Haslingden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haslingden), [Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/darwen) ## Latest updates for Oswaldtwistle - 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/E63000878 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/oswaldtwistle, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/oswaldtwistle#f-house-sales-median-price. 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