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Hook

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West Hart. About 10,292 people in 18 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 64% of people in Hook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,657
Joint 2,605th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
64%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hook compares

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

HookMiddle
Population11 wards, Hart · 2021
Population: every ward in Hart11 areas from 7,350 to 11,234. The middle area is 9,155. Hook is 9,657.
9,6572nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares11 wards, Hart · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hart11 areas from 0.0% to 76.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Hook is 64.0%.
64%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage11 wards, Hart · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hart11 areas from 40.8% to 98.3%. The middle area is 97.3%. Hook is 88.1%.
88.1%4th lowest
Claimant rate11 wards, Hart · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hart11 areas from 1.3% to 2.1%. The middle area is 1.8%. Hook is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 3rd highest

Is Hook safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hook at a rate of 41.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 44.2 per 1,000 people across Hart.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hook.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (161), other crime (62) and vehicle crime (56).

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 Hart

These figures are published for the whole of Hart, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hart and not Hook alone. See Hart

Average house price
£481,051
Up 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£46,502
36th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.3×
Joint 44th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
5.9
Least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hook in brief

Hook had 9,657 usual residents at the census.

About 64% of people in Hook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hook, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hook, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.