Cottingham South
WardThe south east of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About 10,007 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Cottingham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cottingham South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cottingham South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cottingham South at a rate of 71.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.5 per 1,000 people across East Riding of Yorkshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 82 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cottingham South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (252), other crime (150) and shoplifting (110).
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 East Riding of Yorkshire
These figures are published for the whole of East Riding of Yorkshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Riding of Yorkshire and not Cottingham South alone. See East Riding of Yorkshire
Cottingham South in brief
Cottingham South had 9,615 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Cottingham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cottingham South, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cottingham South, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.