# Penwortham Town in South Ribble, North West. Penwortham is a town in South Ribble, North West. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.5 per 1,000 people. About 20,846 people. Town. Code E63000874. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) Penwortham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Penwortham 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: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Penwortham was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th 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/penwortham#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 20,489** (2021). Penwortham had 20,489 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 531st 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/penwortham#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Penwortham 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/penwortham#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.3%** (January 2026). In Penwortham, 97.3% 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/penwortham#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000874) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Penwortham 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=E63000874) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 301 homes were sold in Penwortham in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000874) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Penwortham. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000874) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Penwortham had 20,489 usual residents at the census. ## How Penwortham compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Penwortham | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 75th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 20,489 | 73rd least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.3% | 41st highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Penwortham safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penwortham at a rate of 59.5 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, 109 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penwortham. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (556), anti-social behaviour (268) and other crime (166). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Penwortham was 63.4 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 Penwortham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Penwortham has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Penwortham | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Ribble 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025424) | 1,291 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.4% | | [South Ribble 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025425) | 1,273 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% | | [South Ribble 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025426) | 1,234 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [South Ribble 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025466) | 1,537 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% | | [South Ribble 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025408) | 1,382 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [South Ribble 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025409) | 1,271 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% | | [South Ribble 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025410) | 1,341 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% | | [South Ribble 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025467) | 1,895 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [South Ribble 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025448) | 1,543 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% | | [South Ribble 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01034348) | 1,932 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% | | [South Ribble 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025427) | 1,387 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% | | [South Ribble 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025428) | 1,495 | 132.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.1% | | [South Ribble 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/neighbourhood/e01025429) | 1,363 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% | ## Your MP - [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-ribble): Mr Paul Foster (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 [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) ## Postcode districts covering Penwortham [PR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr1) ## Middle areas in Penwortham [Lower Penwortham North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/lower-penwortham-north), [Lower Penwortham South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/lower-penwortham-south), [Penwortham North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/penwortham-north), [Penwortham South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble/penwortham-south) ## Towns near Penwortham [Bamber Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge), [Longton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longton), [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/preston), [Leyland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leyland), [Fulwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fulwood), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/euxton) ## Penwortham in brief Penwortham is a town in South Ribble, North West. About 20,846 people lived in Penwortham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 301 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Penwortham was £225,000 in 2025. Penwortham had 20,489 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Penwortham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Penwortham, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000874 - Constituency: [South Ribble †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-ribble) - 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: 5.50 km² - People, mid-2024: 20,846* - Neighbourhoods: 13 - Output areas: 73 * 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 [Bamber Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bamber-bridge), [Longton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longton), [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/preston), [Leyland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leyland), [Fulwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fulwood), [Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/euxton) ## Latest updates for Penwortham - 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/E63000874 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/penwortham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/penwortham#f-house-sales-median-price. 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