Wolds Weighton
WardThe north west of the East Riding of Yorkshire. About 17,344 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 385 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 38% of people in Wolds Weighton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wolds Weighton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wolds Weighton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wolds Weighton at a rate of 45.8 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, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wolds Weighton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (455), other crime (207) and criminal damage and arson (58).
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 Wolds Weighton alone. See East Riding of Yorkshire
Wolds Weighton in brief
Wolds Weighton had 16,703 usual residents at the census.
About 38% of people in Wolds Weighton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wolds Weighton, 76.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wolds Weighton, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.