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Kew

Ward

North Sefton. About 13,619 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 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 Kew live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,578
1,415th most 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
87.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kew compares

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

KewMiddle
Population22 wards, Sefton · 2021
Population: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 11,547 to 14,822. The middle area is 12,471. Kew is 12,578.
12,5789th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Sefton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Kew is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Sefton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 42.2% to 99.2%. The middle area is 95.7%. Kew is 87.5%.
87.5%5th lowest
Claimant rate22 wards, Sefton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 1.7% to 8.1%. The middle area is 3.0%. Kew is 3.5%.
3.5%10th highest

Is Kew safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kew at a rate of 74.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.

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

In August 2026 alone, 98 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kew.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (518), other crime (232) and criminal damage and arson (88).

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 Sefton

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

Average house price
£224,289
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,937
120th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.1×
Joint 103rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.1
80th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kew in brief

Kew had 12,578 usual residents at the census.

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

In Kew, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kew, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.