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The Bentleys & Frating

Ward

West Tendring. About 3,969 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 26 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 The Bentleys & Frating live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,432
1,480th 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
71.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How The Bentleys & Frating compares

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

The Bentleys & FratingMiddle
Population32 wards, Tendring · 2021
Population: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 2,589 to 8,678. The middle area is 3,459. The Bentleys & Frating is 3,432.
3,43216th 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%. The Bentleys & Frating 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%. The Bentleys & Frating is 71.0%.
71.0%10th 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%. The Bentleys & Frating is 2.9%.
2.9%joint 13th lowest

Is The Bentleys & Frating safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in The Bentleys & Frating at a rate of 44.8 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, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in The Bentleys & Frating.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (55), other crime (39) and vehicle 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 Tendring

These figures are published for the whole of Tendring, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tendring and not The Bentleys & Frating 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
The Bentleys & Frating in brief

The Bentleys & Frating had 3,432 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in The Bentleys & Frating live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In The Bentleys & Frating, 71.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In The Bentleys & Frating, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.