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Weald North

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West Ashford. About 2,656 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 34 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 31% of people in Weald North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,504
Joint 647th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
31%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
39.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Weald North compares

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

Weald NorthMiddle
Population39 wards, Ashford · 2021
Population: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 2,104 to 7,499. The middle area is 2,722. Weald North is 2,504.
2,5049th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares39 wards, Ashford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Weald North is 31.0%.
31%15th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage39 wards, Ashford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 4.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.5%. Weald North is 39.6%.
39.6%6th lowest
Claimant rate39 wards, Ashford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 1.0% to 5.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Weald North is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 12th lowest

Is Weald North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Weald North at a rate of 41.8 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, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Weald North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (40), anti-social behaviour (21) and other crime (21).

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 Weald North alone. See Ashford

Average house price
£347,562
Up 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,440
139th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 73rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Weald North in brief

Weald North had 2,504 usual residents at the census.

About 31% of people in Weald North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Weald North, 39.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Weald North, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.