The Police & Crime Plan for Lancashire 2024-2029 - Page 23

About Lancashire

Lancashire is a diverse county spread over a large geographical area with coastal towns, including Blackpool and Morecambe, and large towns, city centres, and rural communities too.

Rural Policing

Lancashire consists of two unitary authorities Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, the remainder consists of upper tier Lancashire County Council and 12 District authorities: Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.

The 2023 mid-year population estimate for the Lancashire area was 1,570,373 people. The population grew by 1.22% between mid2022 and mid-2023.

In the 12 months to mid-2023 the fastest growing local authority in Lancashire was Preston and the slowest Rossendale. The population of Preston is only around 1,100 less than in Blackburn with Darwen and in future years may overtake the unitary authority as the most populous district in the Lancashire.

The working age population is predicted to start to decline within five years and the older population is predicted to increase, with more people falling into the 65 and over bracket each year as life expectancy increases over the period.

Census 2021 Data

Most of the population of Lancashire is White (86.6%). The remainder of the population are from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic (BAME) groups.

The ethnic breakdown of Lancashire consists of White (86.6%), Asian (10.4%), mixed race (1.6%), Black (0.7%). Other ethnic groups make up 0.8% of the population. The largest BAME populations are found in Blackburn with Darwen (39.7%), Pendle (29.6%) and Preston (27.6%).

Levels of socio-economic deprivation vary across the Lancashire with great inequalities.

Districts with the highest level of deprivation in Lancashire include Blackpool, Burnley, and Blackburn with Darwen. Less deprived districts in Lancashire include Ribble Valley, South Ribble and Fylde.

However, within all districts, there is a wide variation in deprivation at ward level.

Lancashire has a £34bn

Economy

Lancashire has 1.57m

People

Lancashire has 75k

Businesses

Attracting 69m

Visitors annually

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