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Dole Wood

Ward

The south east of the South Kesteven. About 2,449 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 27 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 38% of people in Dole Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,444
Joint 587th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
38%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dole Wood compares

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

Dole WoodMiddle
Population30 wards, South Kesteven · 2021
Population: every ward in South Kesteven30 areas from 2,229 to 8,036. The middle area is 4,854. Dole Wood is 2,444.
2,4443rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, South Kesteven · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Kesteven30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 77.5%. Dole Wood is 38.0%.
38%6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, South Kesteven · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Kesteven30 areas from 27.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 90.6%. Dole Wood is 94.3%.
94.3%joint 9th highest
Claimant rate30 wards, South Kesteven · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Kesteven30 areas from 1.3% to 6.6%. The middle area is 2.2%. Dole Wood is 1.3%.
1.3%lowest

Is Dole Wood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dole Wood at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.3 per 1,000 people across South Kesteven.

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

In August 2026 alone, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dole Wood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (32), anti-social behaviour (20) and other crime (12).

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 South Kesteven

These figures are published for the whole of South Kesteven, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Kesteven and not Dole Wood alone. See South Kesteven

Average house price
£265,305
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,922
60th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
Joint 156th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.2
Joint 99th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dole Wood in brief

Dole Wood had 2,444 usual residents at the census.

About 38% of people in Dole Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dole Wood, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dole Wood, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.