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Oakwood

Ward

North east Derby. About 12,519 people in 3.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 84% of people in Oakwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,680
Joint 1,385th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
84%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Oakwood compares

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

OakwoodMiddle
Population18 wards, Derby · 2021
Population: every ward in Derby18 areas from 8,789 to 22,584. The middle area is 14,572. Oakwood is 12,680.
12,6805th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Derby · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Derby18 areas from 0.0% to 86.0%. The middle area is 15.5%. Oakwood is 84.0%.
84%joint 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Derby · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Derby18 areas from 90.1% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.5%. Oakwood is 90.1%.
90.1%lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Derby · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Derby18 areas from 1.6% to 9.3%. The middle area is 4.3%. Oakwood is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 2nd lowest

Is Oakwood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oakwood at a rate of 44.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 133.1 per 1,000 people across Derby.

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

In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oakwood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (259), anti-social behaviour (71) and other crime (68).

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 Derby

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

Average house price
£207,250
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,428
107th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.2
52nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Oakwood in brief

Oakwood had 12,680 usual residents at the census.

About 84% of people in Oakwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Oakwood, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Oakwood, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.