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Kirby Cross

Ward

East Tendring. About 3,763 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 0% of people in Kirby Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,402
1,449th 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
77.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kirby Cross compares

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

Kirby CrossMiddle
Population32 wards, Tendring · 2021
Population: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 2,589 to 8,678. The middle area is 3,459. Kirby Cross is 3,402.
3,40214th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares32 wards, Tendring · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 0.0% to 46.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Kirby Cross is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage32 wards, Tendring · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 39.1% to 99.9%. The middle area is 84.5%. Kirby Cross is 77.9%.
77.9%13th lowest
Claimant rate32 wards, Tendring · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 1.5% to 8.6%. The middle area is 3.2%. Kirby Cross is 2.8%.
2.8%12th lowest

Is Kirby Cross safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kirby Cross at a rate of 21.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.0 per 1,000 people across Tendring.

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

In August 2026 alone, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kirby Cross.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (23), other crime (6) and vehicle crime (4).

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 Tendring

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

Average house price
£259,568
Down 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,799
142nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.1
25th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kirby Cross in brief

Kirby Cross had 3,402 usual residents at the census.

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

In Kirby Cross, 77.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kirby Cross, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.