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Keppel

Ward

North west Rotherham. About 14,061 people in 9.5 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 Keppel live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,650
Joint 1,131st 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
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Keppel compares

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

KeppelMiddle
Population25 wards, Rotherham · 2021
Population: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 7,783 to 16,748. The middle area is 9,515. Keppel is 13,650.
13,6504th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Rotherham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 3.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Keppel is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Rotherham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 88.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.9%. Keppel is 98.2%.
98.2%12th highest
Claimant rate25 wards, Rotherham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 1.6% to 7.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Keppel is 2.9%.
2.9%11th lowest

Is Keppel safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Keppel at a rate of 85.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.9 per 1,000 people across Rotherham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Keppel.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (445), anti-social behaviour (245) and other crime (164).

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 Rotherham

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

Average house price
£191,496
Up 1.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,713
48th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.8
Joint 43rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Keppel in brief

Keppel had 13,650 usual residents at the census.

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

In Keppel, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Keppel, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.