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Aspatria

Ward

North west Cumberland. About 5,386 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 105 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 16% of people in Aspatria live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,349
3,031st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
16%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
63.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Aspatria compares

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

AspatriaMiddle
Population46 wards, Cumberland · 2021
Population: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 4,781 to 7,803. The middle area is 5,844. Aspatria is 5,349.
5,34911th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares46 wards, Cumberland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 50.5%. Aspatria is 16.0%.
16%18th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage46 wards, Cumberland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 39.4% to 99.8%. The middle area is 90.7%. Aspatria is 63.1%.
63.1%6th lowest
Claimant rate46 wards, Cumberland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 0.6% to 5.7%. The middle area is 2.4%. Aspatria is 3.2%.
3.2%10th highest

Is Aspatria safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Aspatria at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.7 per 1,000 people across Cumberland.

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

In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Aspatria.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (100), other crime (65) and criminal damage and arson (18).

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 Cumberland

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

Average house price
£170,966
Up 3.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,461
Joint 93rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.0×
Joint 8th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.8
95th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Aspatria in brief

Aspatria had 5,349 usual residents at the census.

About 16% of people in Aspatria live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Aspatria, 63.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Aspatria, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.