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Longdon

Ward

South east Malvern Hills. About 2,501 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 67 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 Longdon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,414
Joint 558th least 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
38.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
0.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Longdon compares

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

LongdonMiddle
Population18 wards, Malvern Hills · 2021
Population: every ward in Malvern Hills18 areas from 1,889 to 8,328. The middle area is 4,834. Longdon is 2,414.
2,4142nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Malvern Hills · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Malvern Hills18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 28.5%. Longdon is 64.0%.
64%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Malvern Hills · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Malvern Hills18 areas from 34.4% to 99.1%. The middle area is 71.0%. Longdon is 38.6%.
38.6%4th lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Malvern Hills · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Malvern Hills18 areas from 0.8% to 4.2%. The middle area is 2.5%. Longdon is 0.8%.
0.8%lowest

Is Longdon safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Longdon at a rate of 24.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 55.3 per 1,000 people across Malvern Hills.

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 Longdon.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (26), burglary (10) and other crime (9).

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 Malvern Hills

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

Average house price
£350,772
Up 5.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,429
81st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.9×
Joint 56th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.1
114th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Longdon in brief

Longdon had 2,414 usual residents at the census.

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

In Longdon, 38.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Longdon, 0.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.