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Rastrick

Ward

East Calderdale. About 12,436 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Rastrick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,117
1,554th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Rastrick compares

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

RastrickMiddle
Population18 wards, Calderdale · 2021
Population: every ward in Calderdale18 areas from 10,068 to 14,104. The middle area is 11,402. Rastrick is 12,117.
12,1176th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Calderdale · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Calderdale18 areas from 35.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Rastrick is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Calderdale · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Calderdale18 areas from 56.1% to 97.6%. The middle area is 92.3%. Rastrick is 96.9%.
96.9%joint 2nd highest
Claimant rate18 wards, Calderdale · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Calderdale18 areas from 1.5% to 9.5%. The middle area is 3.6%. Rastrick is 3.4%.
3.4%joint 8th lowest

Is Rastrick safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rastrick at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 115.8 per 1,000 people across Calderdale.

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

In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rastrick.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (523), other crime (186) and anti-social behaviour (107).

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 Calderdale

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

Average house price
£191,385
Up 4.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.3×
Joint 54th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.6
Joint 55th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Rastrick in brief

Rastrick had 12,117 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Rastrick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rastrick, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Rastrick, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.