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Belper South

Ward

South west Amber Valley. About 5,775 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Belper South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,646
Joint 3,283rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Belper South compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Belper SouthMiddle
Population18 wards, Amber Valley · 2021
Population: every ward in Amber Valley18 areas from 4,814 to 10,319. The middle area is 6,179. Belper South is 5,646.
5,6467th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Amber Valley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Amber Valley18 areas from 18.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Belper South is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Amber Valley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Amber Valley18 areas from 32.8% to 99.5%. The middle area is 93.8%. Belper South is 87.9%.
87.9%7th lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Amber Valley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Amber Valley18 areas from 1.4% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.4%. Belper South is 2.1%.
2.1%9th lowest

Is Belper South safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Belper South at a rate of 51.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.6 per 1,000 people across Amber Valley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Belper South.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (150), anti-social behaviour (56) and other crime (44).

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.

Figures for the whole of Amber Valley

These figures are published for the whole of Amber Valley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Amber Valley and not Belper South alone. See Amber Valley

Average house price
£232,141
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,756
149th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.1×
Joint 101st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.6
Joint 142nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Belper South in brief

Belper South had 5,646 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Belper South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Belper South, 87.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Belper South, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.