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Radford

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Central Nottingham. About 18,142 people in 1.2 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 Radford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,650
490th 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
93.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Radford compares

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

RadfordMiddle
Population20 wards, Nottingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Nottingham20 areas from 9,911 to 23,340. The middle area is 16,523. Radford is 16,650.
16,65010th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Nottingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Nottingham20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 61.5%. Radford is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Nottingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Nottingham20 areas from 87.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.5%. Radford is 93.8%.
93.8%4th lowest
Claimant rate20 wards, Nottingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Nottingham20 areas from 2.6% to 8.4%. The middle area is 6.1%. Radford is 4.5%.
4.5%joint 5th lowest

Is Radford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Radford at a rate of 132.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 159.7 per 1,000 people across Nottingham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 160 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Radford.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (671), other crime (378) and shoplifting (362).

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 Nottingham

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

Average house price
£190,200
Down 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£30,798
3rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
33.7
20th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Radford in brief

Radford had 16,650 usual residents at the census.

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

In Radford, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Radford, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.