Fence & Higham
WardSouth west Pendle. About 2,447 people in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 76% of people in Fence & Higham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Fence & Higham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Fence & Higham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Fence & Higham at a rate of 40.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.1 per 1,000 people across Pendle.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Fence & Higham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (48), anti-social behaviour (26) and burglary (17).
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 Pendle
These figures are published for the whole of Pendle, not for each ward, so they describe all of Pendle and not Fence & Higham alone. See Pendle
Fence & Higham in brief
Fence & Higham had 2,430 usual residents at the census.
About 76% of people in Fence & Higham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Fence & Higham, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Fence & Higham, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.