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Brent

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Central Dartford. About 6,287 people in 2.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Brent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,144
Joint 3,716th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Brent compares

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

BrentMiddle
Population20 wards, Dartford · 2021
Population: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 2,683 to 9,335. The middle area is 6,030. Brent is 6,144.
6,1449th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Dartford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 11.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Brent is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Dartford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 59.5% to 97.0%. The middle area is 86.7%. Brent is 85.1%.
85.1%9th lowest
Claimant rate20 wards, Dartford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 1.3% to 5.2%. The middle area is 2.7%. Brent is 2.5%.
2.5%joint 9th lowest

Is Brent safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brent at a rate of 58.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 105.9 per 1,000 people across Dartford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brent.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (121), other crime (74) and anti-social behaviour (49).

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 Dartford

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

Average house price
£347,773
Down 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,091
62nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.9×
Joint 138th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.4
127th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Brent in brief

Brent had 6,144 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Brent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Brent, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Brent, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.