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A town in Lancashire, North West, home to 7,969 people.
Clayton-le-Moors grades low on several counts. The weak point is safety: 46.6 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 20.8 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 94%. Its strongest is cost of living: homes sell for a median £152,500, about 3.9 times local household income. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #56 of 65 in Lancashire. Set against the rest, it does better than 6% of UK towns. Health is weaker too (D): life expectancy 77.1 for men, 79.5 for women.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Clayton-le-Moors is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Clayton-le-Moors does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Clayton-le-Moors’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →13 listed buildings in Clayton-le-Moors.
Moorside House: Photo: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of All Saints: Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clayton-le-Moors.
Over the year to August 2026, 751 offences were reported in Clayton-le-Moors, along with 221 incidents of anti-social behaviour. There were 35 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Lancashire’s towns (17.2) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Of all the crimes, 54% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Attainment 8 at the 5 secondary schools within 3 km averages 41.9, and 37% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. 59% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Between them, three primaries teach 715 pupils in Clayton-le-Moors.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 320 | C |
22% of residents have a disability, above both Lancashire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (17%). Self-reported good health: 78% of Clayton-le-Moors’ residents. One GP practice serves the town; nearly two thirds of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 6.9% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2021 | Clayton-le-Moors | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.9% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Just over two in five commuters travelled under 5 km, below Lancashire’s towns (49%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. For every resident in work, Clayton-le-Moors has 0.9 jobs. Of the commuters living in the town, 8% work in the town itself. At the census, 11% of commuters got to work without a car.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social renters account for just over one in ten households. 309 standard sales inside Clayton-le-Moors’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £152,500. The private rented sector houses 22% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £260,000 | 55 |
| Semi-detached | £175,250 | 100 |
| Terraced | £95,000 | 152 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Clayton-le-Moors has 13 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade II*. It has 16 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The median resident of Clayton-le-Moors is 42.6 years old. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Lancashire’s towns (17%) and close to England’s towns (18%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Clayton-le-Moors | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.8% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Clayton-le-Moors. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey4.2 km outside town, to the north
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery3.3 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseNorthcote Manor4.7 km outside town, to the northwestHistoric houseHistoric houseMartholme1.6 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumAccrington Dome1.8 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
7 notable people were born in Clayton-le-Moors.
Town in Lancashire, England
Clayton-le-Moors is a built-up area of 7,969 people, in the Hyndburn council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7,969 | — | D | B | D | D |
| Great Harwood | 11,022 | 1.1 | D | B | D | C− |
| Church | 5,030 | 1.3 | D− | B+ | D− | D |
| Rishton | 6,653 | 1.5 | D | B | D | D |
| Huncoat | 1,258 | 1.7 | — | B− | C+ | C− |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 1.9 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
| Oswaldtwistle | 10,810 | 2.4 | D | B | D | D |
| Read | 2,049 | 2.5 | — | A− | A | A |
Huncoat and Read have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £152,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £95,000, semi-detached houses £175,250 and detached houses £260,000.
GCSE results trail 78% of towns in England, and primary results trail 65% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Clayton-le-Moors has 3 state schools; places are handled by Lancashire council.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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