Westward Ho!
WardNorth Torridge. About 4,006 people in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Westward Ho! live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Westward Ho! compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Westward Ho! safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Westward Ho! at a rate of 70.3 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, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Westward Ho!.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (182), anti-social behaviour (48) and other crime (30).
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 Westward Ho! alone. See Torridge
Westward Ho! in brief
Westward Ho! had 3,740 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Westward Ho! live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Westward Ho!, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Westward Ho!, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.