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Cannington

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North west Somerset. About 9,705 people in 106 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 61% of people in Cannington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,334
2,773rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
61%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
34.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cannington compares

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

CanningtonMiddle
Population55 wards, Somerset · 2021
Population: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 7,922 to 13,128. The middle area is 10,418. Cannington is 9,334.
9,33410th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares55 wards, Somerset · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Cannington is 61.0%.
61%27th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage55 wards, Somerset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 22.1% to 99.6%. The middle area is 82.3%. Cannington is 34.4%.
34.4%3rd lowest
Claimant rate55 wards, Somerset · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Somerset55 areas from 1.5% to 4.5%. The middle area is 2.3%. Cannington is 1.5%.
1.5%joint lowest

Is Cannington safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cannington at a rate of 31.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 90.4 per 1,000 people across Somerset.

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

In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cannington.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (141), other crime (50) and anti-social behaviour (37).

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 Somerset

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

Average house price
£282,062
Up 3.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,279
103rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.1
Joint 143rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Cannington in brief

Cannington had 9,334 usual residents at the census.

About 61% of people in Cannington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cannington, 34.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

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