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Freshney

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The north of the North East Lincolnshire. About 9,130 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Freshney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,281
Joint 2,806th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Freshney compares

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

FreshneyMiddle
Population15 wards, North East Lincolnshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North East Lincolnshire15 areas from 6,813 to 12,421. The middle area is 11,336. Freshney is 9,281.
9,2814th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, North East Lincolnshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North East Lincolnshire15 areas from 0.0% to 4.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Freshney is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, North East Lincolnshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North East Lincolnshire15 areas from 79.5% to 99.7%. The middle area is 98.0%. Freshney is 98.0%.
98.0%8th highest
Claimant rate15 wards, North East Lincolnshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North East Lincolnshire15 areas from 1.4% to 9.8%. The middle area is 3.7%. Freshney is 3.6%.
3.6%7th lowest

Is Freshney safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Freshney at a rate of 100.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 137.3 per 1,000 people across North East Lincolnshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Freshney.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (389), other crime (162) and criminal damage and arson (118).

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 North East Lincolnshire

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

Average house price
£146,370
Up 4.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,052
65th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.2×
Joint 15th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.2
39th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Freshney in brief

Freshney had 9,281 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Freshney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Freshney, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Freshney, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.