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Dunsmore

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South Rugby. About 9,244 people in 60 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 81% of people in Dunsmore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,591
3,110th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
81%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dunsmore compares

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

DunsmoreMiddle
Population16 wards, Rugby · 2021
Population: every ward in Rugby16 areas from 2,445 to 9,850. The middle area is 7,927. Dunsmore is 8,591.
8,5914th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Rugby · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rugby16 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 3.5%. Dunsmore is 81.0%.
81%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Rugby · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rugby16 areas from 27.4% to 99.7%. The middle area is 97.5%. Dunsmore is 88.0%.
88.0%5th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Rugby · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rugby16 areas from 1.6% to 5.2%. The middle area is 2.4%. Dunsmore is 1.9%.
1.9%5th lowest

Is Dunsmore safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dunsmore at a rate of 54.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 69.6 per 1,000 people across Rugby.

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

In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dunsmore.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (158), other crime (110) and anti-social behaviour (92).

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 Rugby

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

Average house price
£272,696
Down 3.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£47,191
29th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.1
Joint 81st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dunsmore in brief

Dunsmore had 8,591 usual residents at the census.

About 81% of people in Dunsmore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dunsmore, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dunsmore, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.