Driffield and Rural
WardThe north of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About 16,429 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 140 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Driffield and Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Driffield and Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Driffield and Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Driffield and Rural at a rate of 62.9 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, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Driffield and Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (497), other crime (207) and anti-social behaviour (119).
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 Driffield and Rural alone. See East Riding of Yorkshire
Driffield and Rural in brief
Driffield and Rural had 15,589 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Driffield and Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Driffield and Rural, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Driffield and Rural, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.