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Dickinsons

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South Three Rivers. About 6,539 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 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 Dickinsons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,471
3,969th least 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
96.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dickinsons compares

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

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Population13 wards, Three Rivers · 2021
Population: every ward in Three Rivers13 areas from 6,142 to 8,561. The middle area is 7,063. Dickinsons is 6,471.
6,4713rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Three Rivers · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Three Rivers13 areas from 8.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Dickinsons is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Three Rivers · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Three Rivers13 areas from 64.9% to 99.3%. The middle area is 95.1%. Dickinsons is 96.3%.
96.3%6th highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Three Rivers · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Three Rivers13 areas from 1.0% to 4.2%. The middle area is 2.4%. Dickinsons is 2.2%.
2.2%5th lowest

Is Dickinsons safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dickinsons at a rate of 49.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.5 per 1,000 people across Three Rivers.

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

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dickinsons.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (131), anti-social behaviour (80) and other crime (69).

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 Three Rivers

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

Average house price
£590,816
Up 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,980
64th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
13.4×
10th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.0
Joint 23rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dickinsons in brief

Dickinsons had 6,471 usual residents at the census.

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

In Dickinsons, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dickinsons, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.