Upper Weald
WardNorth west Ashford. About 2,818 people in 33 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in Upper Weald live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Upper Weald compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Upper Weald safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Weald at a rate of 66.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.4 per 1,000 people across Ashford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Weald.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (68), anti-social behaviour (55) and criminal damage and arson (33).
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 Ashford
These figures are published for the whole of Ashford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashford and not Upper Weald alone. See Ashford
Upper Weald in brief
Upper Weald had 2,639 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in Upper Weald live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Upper Weald, 71.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Upper Weald, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.