Howdenshire
WardThe south west of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About 15,961 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 262 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 15% of people in Howdenshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Howdenshire compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Howdenshire safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Howdenshire at a rate of 50.7 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, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Howdenshire.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (441), other crime (193) and criminal damage and arson (78).
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 Howdenshire alone. See East Riding of Yorkshire
Howdenshire in brief
Howdenshire had 15,834 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Howdenshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Howdenshire, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Howdenshire, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.