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Loughborough Woodthorpe

Ward

West Charnwood. About 4,448 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 27% of people in Loughborough Woodthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,234
2,092nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
27%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Loughborough Woodthorpe compares

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

Loughborough WoodthorpeMiddle
Population24 wards, Charnwood · 2021
Population: every ward in Charnwood24 areas from 1,468 to 12,622. The middle area is 7,872. Loughborough Woodthorpe is 4,234.
4,2345th 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%. Loughborough Woodthorpe is 27.0%.
27%11th 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%. Loughborough Woodthorpe is 99.8%.
99.8%highest
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%. Loughborough Woodthorpe is 1.2%.
1.2%3rd lowest

Is Loughborough Woodthorpe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Loughborough Woodthorpe at a rate of 73.6 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, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Loughborough Woodthorpe.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (163), anti-social behaviour (66) and criminal damage and arson (57).

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 Loughborough Woodthorpe alone. See Charnwood

Average house price
£270,351
Up 0.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,078
162nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.1×
Joint 167th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.3
69th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Loughborough Woodthorpe in brief

Loughborough Woodthorpe had 4,234 usual residents at the census.

About 27% of people in Loughborough Woodthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Loughborough Woodthorpe, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Loughborough Woodthorpe, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.