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Bowland

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North Ribble Valley. About 1,497 people in 116 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 Bowland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
1,473
60th least 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
91.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
0.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bowland compares

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

BowlandMiddle
Population26 wards, Ribble Valley · 2021
Population: every ward in Ribble Valley26 areas from 1,326 to 3,764. The middle area is 2,451. Bowland is 1,473.
1,4735th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, Ribble Valley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ribble Valley26 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bowland is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, Ribble Valley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ribble Valley26 areas from 41.7% to 98.7%. The middle area is 88.5%. Bowland is 91.5%.
91.5%9th highest
Claimant rate26 wards, Ribble Valley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ribble Valley26 areas from 0.6% to 3.3%. The middle area is 1.6%. Bowland is 0.6%.
0.6%joint lowest

Is Bowland safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bowland at a rate of 28.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 49.5 per 1,000 people across Ribble Valley.

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

In August 2026 alone, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bowland.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (10), anti-social behaviour (9) and other crime (6).

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 Ribble Valley

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

Average house price
£285,610
Up 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,870
Joint 122nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 158th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.0
Joint 23rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bowland in brief

Bowland had 1,473 usual residents at the census.

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

In Bowland, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bowland, 0.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.