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Ashill

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West Breckland. About 2,744 people in 76 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 47% of people in Ashill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,699
Joint 820th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
47%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
28.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ashill compares

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

AshillMiddle
Population27 wards, Breckland · 2021
Population: every ward in Breckland27 areas from 2,604 to 8,971. The middle area is 5,500. Ashill is 2,699.
2,6993rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Breckland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Breckland27 areas from 0.0% to 58.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Ashill is 47.0%.
47%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Breckland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Breckland27 areas from 15.7% to 92.3%. The middle area is 68.8%. Ashill is 28.3%.
28.3%3rd lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Breckland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Breckland27 areas from 1.2% to 4.5%. The middle area is 2.1%. Ashill is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 2nd lowest

Is Ashill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashill at a rate of 32.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 57.6 per 1,000 people across Breckland.

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

In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ashill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (63), other crime (11) and criminal damage and arson (6).

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 Breckland

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

Average house price
£268,905
Up 0.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,399
40th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.4
129th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ashill in brief

Ashill had 2,699 usual residents at the census.

About 47% of people in Ashill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ashill, 28.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ashill, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.