Ribble Valley: local statistics
Ribble Valley is a district council area in the North West, home to an estimated 66,938 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 Ribble Valley, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The claimant count for Ribble Valley stood at 685 in August 2026, or 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.2% in the North West. A year earlier the rate was 1.6%. The five-year high was 2.3% (August 2021); the low was 1.5% (July 2025).
Police recorded 2,576 crimes in Ribble Valley in the year to March 2026, 38.5 for every 1,000 residents, the lowest rate in the North West. The rate was 36.4 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 53.3, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in Ribble Valley is 84.9 years for women and 81.3 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.8 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is the highest for women of the 35 council areas in the North West.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Ribble Valley at £285,610 for July 2026, a rise of 3.9% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 4th highest of the 35 council areas in the North West; the average for the North West was £221,445. This July figure is the highest in the series, 32% up on July 2016. The average price is 7.0 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Ribble Valley. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of 35 in the North West.
Ribble Valley had an estimated 66,938 residents in mid-2025, up 1.8% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +14.9%; the North West grew by 8.2% over the same years. That is the 3rd fastest growth in the North West. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The median full-time employee living in Ribble Valley was paid £833.00 a week before tax in April 2025, or £40,870 over a year. It is the 3rd highest in the North West, and 13.4% more than across the North West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £940.60, £107.60 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £543.40: a change of +53% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Ribble Valley is £2,386.50, up £86.92 on 2025-26. That makes it the 31st highest of the 35 council areas in the North West. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,565.38, so it has risen 52%.
In March 2026, 3,970 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Ribble Valley, 11% more than in 2016. There are 59 per 1,000 residents, the highest in the North West.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.3% of Ribble Valley residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 8.8 points either way; the figure for the North West was 73.8%. Its lowest reading in the series was 73.6% and its highest 86.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 58,275 |
| 2016 | 58,611 |
| 2017 | 59,066 |
| 2018 | 59,452 |
| 2019 | 59,903 |
| 2020 | 60,780 |
| 2021 | 61,865 |
| 2022 | 63,178 |
| 2023 | 64,678 |
| 2024 | 65,761 |
| 2025 | 66,938 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £216,105 |
| July 2017 | £221,648 |
| July 2018 | £225,001 |
| July 2019 | £220,899 |
| July 2020 | £222,814 |
| July 2021 | £237,881 |
| July 2022 | £253,537 |
| July 2023 | £266,130 |
| July 2024 | £262,744 |
| July 2025 | £275,020 |
| July 2026 | £285,610 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £543.40 a week |
| 2016 | £560.80 a week |
| 2017 | £520.60 a week |
| 2018 | £599.60 a week |
| 2019 | £622.70 a week |
| 2020 | £682.40 a week |
| 2021 | £616.20 a week |
| 2022 | £729.60 a week |
| 2023 | £703.70 a week |
| 2024 | £788.00 a week |
| 2025 | £833.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,565.38 |
| 2017-18 | £1,616.41 |
| 2018-19 | £1,709.52 |
| 2019-20 | £1,787.63 |
| 2020-21 | £1,859.81 |
| 2021-22 | £1,931.58 |
| 2022-23 | £2,009.77 |
| 2023-24 | £2,097.22 |
| 2024-25 | £2,196.90 |
| 2025-26 | £2,299.58 |
| 2026-27 | £2,386.50 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 31.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 34.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 41.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 53.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 43.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 35.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 39.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 38.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 37.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 36.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 38.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 86.4% |
| 2016/17 | 83.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.3% |
| 2018/19 | 74.9% |
| 2019/20 | 79.3% |
| 2020/21 | 78.3% |
| 2021/22 | 84.1% |
| 2022/23 | 73.6% |
| 2023/24 | 75.5% |
| 2024/25 | 81.1% |
| 2025/26 | 78.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,575 |
| 2017 | 3,610 |
| 2018 | 3,590 |
| 2019 | 3,650 |
| 2020 | 3,695 |
| 2021 | 3,740 |
| 2022 | 3,875 |
| 2023 | 3,840 |
| 2024 | 3,880 |
| 2025 | 3,860 |
| 2026 | 3,970 |
Questions about Ribble Valley
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Ribble Valley?
685 in August 2026 (1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Ribble Valley?
Home Office figures show 2,576 offences in the year to March 2026, or 38.5 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Ribble Valley?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.3 years for men and 84.9 for women.
What is the average house price in Ribble Valley?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £285,610.
What is the population of Ribble Valley?
66,938 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Ribble Valley?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Ribble Valley was £833.00 a week in April 2025 (£40,870 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Ribble Valley?
£2,386.50 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Ribble Valley
Every body that makes decisions for Ribble Valley, 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
- Ribble Valley council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Ribble Valley 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
- Pendle and Clitheroe: Jonathan Hinder (Labour) MP
- Ribble Valley: Maya Ellis (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 unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North West: Burnley · Fylde · Hyndburn · Pendle · Rossendale · South Ribble
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