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Barnack

Ward

North west Peterborough. About 3,331 people in 45 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 57% of people in Barnack live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,510
1,544th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
57%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barnack compares

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

BarnackMiddle
Population22 wards, Peterborough · 2021
Population: every ward in Peterborough22 areas from 3,510 to 14,116. The middle area is 10,570. Barnack is 3,510.
3,510least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Peterborough · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Peterborough22 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Barnack is 57.0%.
57%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Peterborough · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Peterborough22 areas from 32.3% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.5%. Barnack is 89.3%.
89.3%3rd lowest
Claimant rate22 wards, Peterborough · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Peterborough22 areas from 1.1% to 8.8%. The middle area is 4.1%. Barnack is 1.1%.
1.1%lowest

Is Barnack safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barnack at a rate of 46.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 125.3 per 1,000 people across Peterborough.

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

In August 2026 alone, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barnack.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (50), violence and sexual offences (36) and anti-social behaviour (28).

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 Peterborough

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

Average house price
£234,690
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,196
71st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.7×
Joint 145th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.8
54th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barnack in brief

Barnack had 3,510 usual residents at the census.

About 57% of people in Barnack live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barnack, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barnack, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.