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Apley Castle

Ward

Central Telford and Wrekin. About 3,656 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Apley Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,091
Joint 1,175th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Apley Castle compares

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

Apley CastleMiddle
Population32 wards, Telford and Wrekin · 2021
Population: every ward in Telford and Wrekin32 areas from 2,426 to 11,740. The middle area is 5,617. Apley Castle is 3,091.
3,0914th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares32 wards, Telford and Wrekin · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Telford and Wrekin32 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 61.0%. Apley Castle is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage32 wards, Telford and Wrekin · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Telford and Wrekin32 areas from 20.2% to 98.6%. The middle area is 90.0%. Apley Castle is 98.0%.
98.0%4th highest
Claimant rate32 wards, Telford and Wrekin · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Telford and Wrekin32 areas from 0.6% to 8.7%. The middle area is 3.3%. Apley Castle is 2.3%.
2.3%12th lowest

Is Apley Castle safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Apley Castle at a rate of 61.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across Telford and Wrekin.

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

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Apley Castle.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (115), other crime (47) and anti-social behaviour (19).

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 Telford and Wrekin

These figures are published for the whole of Telford and Wrekin, not for each ward, so they describe all of Telford and Wrekin and not Apley Castle alone. See Telford and Wrekin

Average house price
£221,853
Up 1.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,044
96th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 107th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.4
Joint 84th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Apley Castle in brief

Apley Castle had 3,091 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Apley Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Apley Castle, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Apley Castle, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.