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Appledore

Ward

North Torridge. About 3,772 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.5 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 Appledore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,678
1,684th 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
86.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Appledore compares

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

AppledoreMiddle
Population16 wards, Torridge · 2021
Population: every ward in Torridge16 areas from 2,189 to 6,083. The middle area is 3,938. Appledore is 3,678.
3,6784th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Torridge · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Torridge16 areas from 92.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Appledore is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Torridge · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Torridge16 areas from 10.7% to 92.3%. The middle area is 64.7%. Appledore is 86.4%.
86.4%4th highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Torridge · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Torridge16 areas from 1.5% to 4.0%. The middle area is 2.5%. Appledore is 1.9%.
1.9%4th lowest

Is Appledore safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Appledore at a rate of 42.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 54.7 per 1,000 people across Torridge.

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

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Appledore.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (80), other crime (35) and anti-social behaviour (28).

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 Torridge

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

Average house price
£263,378
Up 1.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,425
42nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.7×
Joint 151st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.9
Joint 92nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Appledore in brief

Appledore had 3,678 usual residents at the census.

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

In Appledore, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Appledore, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.