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Roebuck

Ward

South west Stevenage. About 7,396 people in 3.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Roebuck live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,106
Joint 3,952nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Roebuck compares

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

RoebuckMiddle
Population13 wards, Stevenage · 2021
Population: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 5,438 to 7,954. The middle area is 7,120. Roebuck is 7,106.
7,1066th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Stevenage · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 25.0%. Roebuck is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Stevenage · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 80.5% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.2%. Roebuck is 83.0%.
83.0%2nd lowest
Claimant rate13 wards, Stevenage · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 2.2% to 5.3%. The middle area is 3.3%. Roebuck is 3.7%.
3.7%6th highest

Is Roebuck safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roebuck at a rate of 187.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 118.5 per 1,000 people across Stevenage.

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

In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Roebuck.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (438), shoplifting (301) and other crime (235).

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 Stevenage

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

Average house price
£316,210
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,200
99th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
Joint 161st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.9
146th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Roebuck in brief

Roebuck had 7,106 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Roebuck live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Roebuck, 83.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Roebuck, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.