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Market Harborough-Welland

Ward

South east Harborough. About 9,530 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Market Harborough-Welland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,858
Joint 2,981st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Market Harborough-Welland compares

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

Market Harborough-WellandMiddle
Population19 wards, Harborough · 2021
Population: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 2,623 to 9,342. The middle area is 5,385. Market Harborough-Welland is 8,858.
8,8582nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Harborough · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 76.0%. Market Harborough-Welland is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Harborough · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 10.9% to 97.1%. The middle area is 84.6%. Market Harborough-Welland is 97.1%.
97.1%highest
Claimant rate19 wards, Harborough · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 1.0% to 2.6%. The middle area is 1.8%. Market Harborough-Welland is 2.2%.
2.2%2nd highest

Is Market Harborough-Welland safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Market Harborough-Welland at a rate of 44.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 50.8 per 1,000 people across Harborough.

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 Market Harborough-Welland.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (215), other crime (89) and anti-social behaviour (50).

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 Harborough

These figures are published for the whole of Harborough, not for each ward, so they describe all of Harborough and not Market Harborough-Welland alone. See Harborough

Average house price
£341,706
Up 5.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,423
95th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 127th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.2
13th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Market Harborough-Welland in brief

Market Harborough-Welland had 8,858 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Market Harborough-Welland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Market Harborough-Welland, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Market Harborough-Welland, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.