Ashbourne South
WardSouth Derbyshire Dales. About 7,152 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 23 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 38% of people in Ashbourne South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ashbourne South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ashbourne South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashbourne South at a rate of 52.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 55.7 per 1,000 people across Derbyshire Dales.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ashbourne South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (164), other crime (104) and anti-social behaviour (48).
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 Derbyshire Dales
These figures are published for the whole of Derbyshire Dales, not for each ward, so they describe all of Derbyshire Dales and not Ashbourne South alone. See Derbyshire Dales
Ashbourne South in brief
Ashbourne South had 6,826 usual residents at the census.
About 38% of people in Ashbourne South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ashbourne South, 82.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ashbourne South, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.