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Bakewell

Ward

North Derbyshire Dales. About 4,318 people in 39 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 Bakewell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,262
Joint 2,118th 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
53.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bakewell compares

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

BakewellMiddle
Population21 wards, Derbyshire Dales · 2021
Population: every ward in Derbyshire Dales21 areas from 1,900 to 6,826. The middle area is 2,378. Bakewell is 4,262.
4,2626th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Derbyshire Dales · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Derbyshire Dales21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bakewell is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Derbyshire Dales · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Derbyshire Dales21 areas from 9.0% to 91.3%. The middle area is 60.7%. Bakewell is 53.6%.
53.6%7th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Derbyshire Dales · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Derbyshire Dales21 areas from 0.9% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.5%. Bakewell is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 6th highest

Is Bakewell safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bakewell at a rate of 70.6 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, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bakewell.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (105), other crime (70) and anti-social behaviour (44).

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 Bakewell alone. See Derbyshire Dales

Average house price
£355,387
Up 7.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,071
87th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.3×
Joint 115th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.8
Joint 74th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bakewell in brief

Bakewell had 4,262 usual residents at the census.

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

In Bakewell, 53.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bakewell, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.