Bamber Bridge East
WardThe east of the South Ribble. About 5,527 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 16% of people in Bamber Bridge East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bamber Bridge East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bamber Bridge East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bamber Bridge East at a rate of 133.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.7 per 1,000 people across South Ribble.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bamber Bridge East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (251), anti-social behaviour (147) and other crime (97).
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 Ribble
These figures are published for the whole of South Ribble, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Ribble and not Bamber Bridge East alone. See South Ribble
Bamber Bridge East in brief
Bamber Bridge East had 4,947 usual residents at the census.
About 16% of people in Bamber Bridge East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bamber Bridge East, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bamber Bridge East, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.