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Castle Eden & Passfield

Ward

East County Durham. About 5,949 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 24 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Castle Eden & Passfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,785
Joint 3,417th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Castle Eden & Passfield compares

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

Castle Eden & PassfieldMiddle
Population51 wards, County Durham · 2021
Population: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 4,589 to 16,901. The middle area is 10,704. Castle Eden & Passfield is 5,785.
5,78513th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares51 wards, County Durham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 68.0%. Castle Eden & Passfield is 80.0%.
80%joint 18th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage51 wards, County Durham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 5.7% to 98.3%. The middle area is 90.9%. Castle Eden & Passfield is 83.4%.
83.4%19th lowest
Claimant rate51 wards, County Durham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 0.4% to 5.5%. The middle area is 2.9%. Castle Eden & Passfield is 2.7%.
2.7%joint 17th lowest

Is Castle Eden & Passfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Castle Eden & Passfield at a rate of 89.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Castle Eden & Passfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (180), anti-social behaviour (104) and other crime (90).

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 County Durham

These figures are published for the whole of County Durham, not for each ward, so they describe all of County Durham and not Castle Eden & Passfield alone. See County Durham

Average house price
£140,788
Up 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,436
23rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.2×
Joint 15th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.8
Joint 48th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Castle Eden & Passfield in brief

Castle Eden & Passfield had 5,785 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Castle Eden & Passfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Castle Eden & Passfield, 83.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Castle Eden & Passfield, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.