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Knebworth

Ward

The south of the North Hertfordshire. About 5,621 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 20 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 Knebworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,446
Joint 3,119th 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
90.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Knebworth compares

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

KnebworthMiddle
Population25 wards, North Hertfordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 2,066 to 9,239. The middle area is 5,634. Knebworth is 5,446.
5,44612th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, North Hertfordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Knebworth is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, North Hertfordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 22.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 90.9%. Knebworth is 90.7%.
90.7%12th lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, North Hertfordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 0.9% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.0%. Knebworth is 1.9%.
1.9%joint 10th lowest

Is Knebworth safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Knebworth at a rate of 52.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 66.6 per 1,000 people across North Hertfordshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Knebworth.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (106), anti-social behaviour (60) and other crime (38).

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 Hertfordshire

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

Average house price
£422,835
Up 3.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,224
18th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.3
38th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Knebworth in brief

Knebworth had 5,446 usual residents at the census.

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

In Knebworth, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Knebworth, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.