Pendle: local statistics
Pendle is a district council area in the North West, home to an estimated 100,203 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Pendle, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Pendle was £619.90 in April 2025 (£30,327 a year). It is the lowest of the 35 council areas in the North West, and 15.6% less than across the North West. Jobs based in Pendle paid almost the same: a median £619.90 a week. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £447.50: a change of +39% before inflation.
A Band D home in Pendle pays an average of £2,640.18 in council tax in 2026-27, up £104.99 on 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd highest in the North West. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,698.07.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Pendle at £152,798 for July 2026, a rise of 8.3% in twelve months. It ranks as 32nd of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest; the average for the North West was £221,445. Prices are 61% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Pendle (£30,327) gives a ratio of 5.0. That ratio is the 28th highest ratio of 35 in the North West.
The ONS counted 3,525 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Pendle in March 2026, 8% more than in 2016. That is 35 for every 1,000 residents, the 24th highest of 35 in the North West.
5.6% of Pendle residents aged 16 to 64 (3,360 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the North West: 4.2%). A year earlier the rate was 5.8%. The five-year high was 7.1% (July 2024); the low was 4.6% (October 2022).
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.6% of Pendle residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 8.6 points), against 73.8% across the North West. Its lowest reading in the series was 47.9% and its highest 79.6%.
The police recorded 70.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Pendle in the year to March 2026 (7,041 offences in all), the 25th highest rate of the 35 council areas in the North West. A year earlier it was 67.2. The highest rate in the series was 95.6, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
The ONS estimates that 100,203 people lived in Pendle in mid-2025, up 0.6% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +9.5%; the North West grew by 8.2% over the same years. That is 12th of 35 in the North West, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Pendle had a life expectancy at birth of 81.9 years; for men it was 78.0 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.1 years for women and +0.2 for men. It is close to the middle of the 35 council areas in the North West (16th highest for women).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 91,531 |
| 2016 | 92,502 |
| 2017 | 93,066 |
| 2018 | 93,872 |
| 2019 | 94,896 |
| 2020 | 95,099 |
| 2021 | 95,819 |
| 2022 | 96,483 |
| 2023 | 97,752 |
| 2024 | 99,643 |
| 2025 | 100,203 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £95,064 |
| July 2017 | £94,623 |
| July 2018 | £97,810 |
| July 2019 | £99,244 |
| July 2020 | £105,490 |
| July 2021 | £125,456 |
| July 2022 | £132,169 |
| July 2023 | £131,146 |
| July 2024 | £130,543 |
| July 2025 | £141,028 |
| July 2026 | £152,798 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £447.50 a week |
| 2016 | £469.20 a week |
| 2017 | £489.40 a week |
| 2018 | £523.00 a week |
| 2019 | £534.90 a week |
| 2020 | £460.40 a week |
| 2021 | £479.90 a week |
| 2022 | £512.50 a week |
| 2023 | £543.10 a week |
| 2024 | £585.80 a week |
| 2025 | £619.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,698.07 |
| 2017-18 | £1,766.20 |
| 2018-19 | £1,872.45 |
| 2019-20 | £1,964.59 |
| 2020-21 | £2,049.85 |
| 2021-22 | £2,128.59 |
| 2022-23 | £2,211.42 |
| 2023-24 | £2,301.54 |
| 2024-25 | £2,415.07 |
| 2025-26 | £2,535.19 |
| 2026-27 | £2,640.18 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 57.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 62.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 72.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 95.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 77.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 71.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 73.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 65.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 67.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 70.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.3% |
| 2016/17 | 73.6% |
| 2017/18 | 66.8% |
| 2018/19 | 69.1% |
| 2019/20 | 74.0% |
| 2020/21 | 75.4% |
| 2021/22 | 67.4% |
| 2022/23 | 68.4% |
| 2023/24 | 47.9% |
| 2024/25 | 73.5% |
| 2025/26 | 79.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,260 |
| 2017 | 3,290 |
| 2018 | 3,225 |
| 2019 | 3,265 |
| 2020 | 3,270 |
| 2021 | 3,380 |
| 2022 | 3,575 |
| 2023 | 3,560 |
| 2024 | 3,555 |
| 2025 | 3,550 |
| 2026 | 3,525 |
Questions about Pendle
What is the average salary in Pendle?
£619.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Pendle?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,640.18 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Pendle?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £152,798.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Pendle?
The ONS claimant count was 3,360 in August 2026, 5.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Pendle?
Home Office figures show 7,041 offences in the year to March 2026, or 70.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Pendle?
100,203 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Pendle?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.0 years for men and 81.9 for women.
Who has power over Pendle
Every body that makes decisions for Pendle, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Pendle council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Pendle in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Burnley: Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Pendle and Clitheroe: Jonathan Hinder (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · UK average house price · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the North West: Burnley · Chorley · Fylde · Hyndburn · South Ribble · Wyre
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