Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske
WardThe north of the North Yorkshire. About 6,426 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 218 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske at a rate of 23.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.1 per 1,000 people across North Yorkshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (66), other crime (29) and anti-social behaviour (22).
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 Yorkshire
These figures are published for the whole of North Yorkshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Yorkshire and not Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske alone. See North Yorkshire
Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske in brief
Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske had 6,352 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske, 49.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske, 0.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.