Chew Valley
WardWest Bath and North East Somerset. About 6,166 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 65 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 91% of people in Chew Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chew Valley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chew Valley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chew Valley at a rate of 43.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.7 per 1,000 people across Bath and North East Somerset.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chew Valley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (89), other crime (56) and anti-social behaviour (47).
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 Bath and North East Somerset
These figures are published for the whole of Bath and North East Somerset, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bath and North East Somerset and not Chew Valley alone. See Bath and North East Somerset
Chew Valley in brief
Chew Valley had 6,070 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in Chew Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chew Valley, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chew Valley, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.