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Tern

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North Shropshire. About 4,348 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 78 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 33% of people in Tern live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,340
2,192nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
33%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
72.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Tern compares

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

TernMiddle
Population72 wards, Shropshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Shropshire72 areas from 3,108 to 8,904. The middle area is 4,365. Tern is 4,340.
4,34036th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares72 wards, Shropshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Shropshire72 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 90.0%. Tern is 33.0%.
33%17th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage72 wards, Shropshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Shropshire72 areas from 16.0% to 99.4%. The middle area is 80.6%. Tern is 72.4%.
72.4%29th lowest
Claimant rate72 wards, Shropshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Shropshire72 areas from 1.0% to 5.0%. The middle area is 2.2%. Tern is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 9th lowest

Is Tern safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tern at a rate of 51.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 57.7 per 1,000 people across Shropshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tern.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (132), anti-social behaviour (51) and other crime (43).

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 Shropshire

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

Average house price
£275,232
Down 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,991
122nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.6
Joint 130th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Tern in brief

Tern had 4,340 usual residents at the census.

About 33% of people in Tern live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Tern, 72.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Tern, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.