Northstead
WardThe east of the North Yorkshire. About 7,350 people in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in Northstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Northstead compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Northstead safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Northstead at a rate of 135.4 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, 119 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Northstead.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (410), anti-social behaviour (295) and shoplifting (160).
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 Northstead alone. See North Yorkshire
Northstead in brief
Northstead had 7,391 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in Northstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Northstead, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Northstead, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.