Skipton West & West Craven
WardThe west of the North Yorkshire. About 6,315 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 51 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Skipton West & West Craven live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Skipton West & West Craven compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Skipton West & West Craven safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Skipton West & West Craven at a rate of 87.4 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, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Skipton West & West Craven.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), anti-social behaviour (144) and other crime (70).
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 Skipton West & West Craven alone. See North Yorkshire
Skipton West & West Craven in brief
Skipton West & West Craven had 6,321 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Skipton West & West Craven live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Skipton West & West Craven, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Skipton West & West Craven, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.