Kirkby Cross & Portland
WardWest Ashfield. About 4,596 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Kirkby Cross & Portland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Kirkby Cross & Portland compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kirkby Cross & Portland safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kirkby Cross & Portland at a rate of 110.6 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, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kirkby Cross & Portland.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (112), shoplifting (98) and anti-social behaviour (72).
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 Kirkby Cross & Portland alone. See Ashfield
Kirkby Cross & Portland in brief
Kirkby Cross & Portland had 4,575 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Kirkby Cross & Portland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kirkby Cross & Portland, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Kirkby Cross & Portland, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.