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Blackwell

Ward

South west Bolsover. About 4,142 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 94% of people in Blackwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,270
Joint 2,133rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
94%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Blackwell compares

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

BlackwellMiddle
Population17 wards, Bolsover · 2021
Population: every ward in Bolsover17 areas from 2,786 to 6,674. The middle area is 4,442. Blackwell is 4,270.
4,2706th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Bolsover · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bolsover17 areas from 39.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 93.0%. Blackwell is 94.0%.
94%8th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Bolsover · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bolsover17 areas from 76.9% to 98.4%. The middle area is 95.6%. Blackwell is 85.3%.
85.3%2nd lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Bolsover · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bolsover17 areas from 1.4% to 4.5%. The middle area is 2.9%. Blackwell is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 3rd lowest

Is Blackwell safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackwell at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.0 per 1,000 people across Bolsover.

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

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackwell.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (97), other crime (40) and anti-social behaviour (32).

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 Bolsover

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

Average house price
£182,759
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,897
18th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.6×
Joint 65th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.7
Joint 71st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Blackwell in brief

Blackwell had 4,270 usual residents at the census.

About 94% of people in Blackwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Blackwell, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Blackwell, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.