Houghton and Irthington
WardNorth east Cumberland. About 5,557 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 152 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in Houghton and Irthington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Houghton and Irthington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Houghton and Irthington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Houghton and Irthington at a rate of 27.8 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, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Houghton and Irthington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (45), other crime (24) and criminal damage and arson (12).
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 Houghton and Irthington alone. See Cumberland
Houghton and Irthington in brief
Houghton and Irthington had 5,242 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in Houghton and Irthington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Houghton and Irthington, 79.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Houghton and Irthington, 0.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.