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Kingsway

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East Ashfield. About 2,586 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 49% of people in Kingsway live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,609
Joint 745th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
49%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kingsway compares

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

KingswayMiddle
Population23 wards, Ashfield · 2021
Population: every ward in Ashfield23 areas from 2,609 to 10,703. The middle area is 4,119. Kingsway is 2,609.
2,609least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Ashfield · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ashfield23 areas from 12.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Kingsway is 49.0%.
49%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Ashfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ashfield23 areas from 86.5% to 99.1%. The middle area is 97.5%. Kingsway is 98.9%.
98.9%3rd highest
Claimant rate23 wards, Ashfield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ashfield23 areas from 1.6% to 6.6%. The middle area is 3.2%. Kingsway is 3.7%.
3.7%9th highest

Is Kingsway safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kingsway at a rate of 102.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Ashfield.

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

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kingsway.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (124), anti-social behaviour (84) and other crime (63).

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 Ashfield

These figures are published for the whole of Ashfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashfield and not Kingsway alone. See Ashfield

Average house price
£190,179
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,577
12th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.6
Joint 73rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kingsway in brief

Kingsway had 2,609 usual residents at the census.

About 49% of people in Kingsway live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kingsway, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kingsway, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.