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Solway Coast

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North west Cumberland. About 5,349 people in 129 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 31% of people in Solway Coast live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,310
Joint 3,000th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
31%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Solway Coast compares

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

Solway CoastMiddle
Population46 wards, Cumberland · 2021
Population: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 4,781 to 7,803. The middle area is 5,844. Solway Coast is 5,310.
5,31010th 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%. Solway Coast is 31.0%.
31%21st 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%. Solway Coast is 75.0%.
75.0%12th 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%. Solway Coast is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 21st lowest

Is Solway Coast safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Solway Coast at a rate of 57.8 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, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Solway Coast.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (219), other crime (67) and criminal damage and arson (39).

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 Solway Coast 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
Solway Coast in brief

Solway Coast had 5,310 usual residents at the census.

About 31% of people in Solway Coast live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Solway Coast, 75.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Solway Coast, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.