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Farndon

Ward

South west Cheshire West and Chester. About 5,013 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 73 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 53% of people in Farndon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,849
Joint 2,612th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
53%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
60.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Farndon compares

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

FarndonMiddle
Population45 wards, Cheshire West and Chester · 2021
Population: every ward in Cheshire West and Chester45 areas from 4,126 to 18,335. The middle area is 5,646. Farndon is 4,849.
4,8496th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares45 wards, Cheshire West and Chester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cheshire West and Chester45 areas from 0.0% to 78.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Farndon is 53.0%.
53%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage45 wards, Cheshire West and Chester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cheshire West and Chester45 areas from 59.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 92.4%. Farndon is 60.5%.
60.5%2nd lowest
Claimant rate45 wards, Cheshire West and Chester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cheshire West and Chester45 areas from 1.0% to 5.7%. The middle area is 2.0%. Farndon is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 14th lowest

Is Farndon safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Farndon at a rate of 34.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 72.9 per 1,000 people across Cheshire West and Chester.

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

In August 2026 alone, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Farndon.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (70), other crime (45) and anti-social behaviour (23).

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 Cheshire West and Chester

These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire West and Chester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire West and Chester and not Farndon alone. See Cheshire West and Chester

Average house price
£270,534
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,486
109th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.7
134th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Farndon in brief

Farndon had 4,849 usual residents at the census.

About 53% of people in Farndon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Farndon, 60.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Farndon, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.