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Empress

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North Rushmoor. About 6,846 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Empress live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,564
Joint 4,050th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Empress compares

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

EmpressMiddle
Population13 wards, Rushmoor · 2021
Population: every ward in Rushmoor13 areas from 6,564 to 9,302. The middle area is 7,354. Empress is 6,564.
6,564least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Rushmoor · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rushmoor13 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Empress is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Rushmoor · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rushmoor13 areas from 89.4% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.2%. Empress is 90.7%.
90.7%2nd lowest
Claimant rate13 wards, Rushmoor · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rushmoor13 areas from 2.2% to 4.6%. The middle area is 2.6%. Empress is 2.6%.
2.6%joint 6th lowest

Is Empress safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Empress at a rate of 97.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.9 per 1,000 people across Rushmoor.

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

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Empress.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (125), violence and sexual offences (112) and other crime (91).

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 Rushmoor

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

Average house price
£326,771
Up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,883
Joint 152nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.2
Joint 99th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Empress in brief

Empress had 6,564 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Empress live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Empress, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Empress, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.