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Barrow upon Soar

Ward

North Charnwood. About 6,906 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 10 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in Barrow upon Soar live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,823
Joint 4,142nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barrow upon Soar compares

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

Barrow upon SoarMiddle
Population24 wards, Charnwood · 2021
Population: every ward in Charnwood24 areas from 1,468 to 12,622. The middle area is 7,872. Barrow upon Soar is 6,823.
6,8238th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Charnwood · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Charnwood24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 20.0%. Barrow upon Soar is 90.0%.
90%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Charnwood · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Charnwood24 areas from 10.8% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.5%. Barrow upon Soar is 93.1%.
93.1%7th lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Charnwood · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Charnwood24 areas from 1.0% to 5.9%. The middle area is 2.3%. Barrow upon Soar is 2.1%.
2.1%11th lowest

Is Barrow upon Soar safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barrow upon Soar at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.7 per 1,000 people across Charnwood.

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

In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barrow upon Soar.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (182), anti-social behaviour (81) and other crime (81).

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 Charnwood

These figures are published for the whole of Charnwood, not for each ward, so they describe all of Charnwood and not Barrow upon Soar alone. See Charnwood

Average house price
£273,945
Up 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,078
162nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.2×
Joint 171st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.3
69th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barrow upon Soar in brief

Barrow upon Soar had 6,823 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Barrow upon Soar live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barrow upon Soar, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barrow upon Soar, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.