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Ross East

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South east Herefordshire. About 4,158 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Ross East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,881
Joint 1,817th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ross East compares

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

Ross EastMiddle
Population53 wards, Herefordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Herefordshire53 areas from 2,765 to 4,528. The middle area is 3,525. Ross East is 3,881.
3,8819th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares53 wards, Herefordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Herefordshire53 areas from 54.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Ross East is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage53 wards, Herefordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Herefordshire53 areas from 19.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.0%. Ross East is 92.8%.
92.8%joint 20th highest
Claimant rate53 wards, Herefordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Herefordshire53 areas from 1.0% to 6.8%. The middle area is 2.2%. Ross East is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 13th highest

Is Ross East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ross East at a rate of 108.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Herefordshire.

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 Ross East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (124), violence and sexual offences (115) and other crime (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 Herefordshire

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

Average house price
£291,495
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,730
50th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.4×
Joint 111th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.8
145th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ross East in brief

Ross East had 3,881 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Ross East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ross East, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ross East, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.