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St Oswald's

Ward

South west Hyndburn. About 6,210 people in 8.2 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 St Oswald's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,066
3,654th 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
90.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Oswald's compares

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

St Oswald'sMiddle
Population16 wards, Hyndburn · 2021
Population: every ward in Hyndburn16 areas from 3,928 to 6,653. The middle area is 4,816. St Oswald's is 6,066.
6,0664th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Hyndburn · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hyndburn16 areas from 38.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. St Oswald's is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Hyndburn · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hyndburn16 areas from 83.4% to 99.0%. The middle area is 94.8%. St Oswald's is 90.6%.
90.6%5th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Hyndburn · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hyndburn16 areas from 1.9% to 10.5%. The middle area is 4.8%. St Oswald's is 2.2%.
2.2%2nd lowest

Is St Oswald's safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Oswald's at a rate of 50.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 123.0 per 1,000 people across Hyndburn.

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

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Oswald's.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (119), anti-social behaviour (59) and other crime (42).

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 Hyndburn

These figures are published for the whole of Hyndburn, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hyndburn and not St Oswald's alone. See Hyndburn

Average house price
£141,430
Up 8.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,987
63rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.0×
Joint 8th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
35.4
14th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Oswald's in brief

St Oswald's had 6,066 usual residents at the census.

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

In St Oswald's, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Oswald's, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.