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The north west of the North Yorkshire. About 7,966 people in 10 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 Richmond live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,076
Joint 3,367th most 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
87.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Richmond compares

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

RichmondMiddle
Population89 wards, North Yorkshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 4,367 to 10,089. The middle area is 6,792. Richmond is 8,076.
8,07620th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares89 wards, North Yorkshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 69.0%. Richmond is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage89 wards, North Yorkshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 27.5% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.0%. Richmond is 87.0%.
87.0%joint 40th lowest
Claimant rate89 wards, North Yorkshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North Yorkshire89 areas from 0.8% to 6.5%. The middle area is 1.7%. Richmond is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 23rd highest

Is Richmond safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Richmond at a rate of 65.0 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, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Richmond.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (242), anti-social behaviour (112) and other crime (66).

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 Richmond alone. See North Yorkshire

Average house price
£270,463
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,783
116th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.8
Joint 108th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Richmond in brief

Richmond had 8,076 usual residents at the census.

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

In Richmond, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Richmond, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.