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Wormside

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South Herefordshire. About 4,041 people in 80 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 Wormside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,675
1,680th 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
68.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wormside compares

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

WormsideMiddle
Population53 wards, Herefordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Herefordshire53 areas from 2,765 to 4,528. The middle area is 3,525. Wormside is 3,675.
3,67516th 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%. Wormside 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%. Wormside is 68.4%.
68.4%11th lowest
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%. Wormside is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 22nd lowest

Is Wormside safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wormside at a rate of 40.8 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, 9 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wormside.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (72), other crime (37) and anti-social behaviour (16).

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 Wormside alone. See Herefordshire

Average house price
£289,607
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,730
50th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.3×
Joint 115th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.8
145th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wormside in brief

Wormside had 3,675 usual residents at the census.

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

In Wormside, 68.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wormside, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.