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Ridgeway

Ward

South Vale of White Horse. About 3,448 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 60 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 20% of people in Ridgeway live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,139
Joint 1,222nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
20%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
48.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ridgeway compares

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

RidgewayMiddle
Population24 wards, Vale of White Horse · 2021
Population: every ward in Vale of White Horse24 areas from 3,139 to 9,237. The middle area is 6,453. Ridgeway is 3,139.
3,139least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Vale of White Horse · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Vale of White Horse24 areas from 0.0% to 86.0%. The middle area is 13.5%. Ridgeway is 20.0%.
20%11th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Vale of White Horse · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Vale of White Horse24 areas from 48.8% to 97.9%. The middle area is 88.0%. Ridgeway is 48.8%.
48.8%lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Vale of White Horse · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Vale of White Horse24 areas from 0.9% to 3.6%. The middle area is 1.9%. Ridgeway is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 6th lowest

Is Ridgeway safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ridgeway at a rate of 38.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 52.2 per 1,000 people across Vale of White Horse.

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

In August 2026 alone, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ridgeway.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (36), other crime (28) and criminal damage and arson (13).

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 Vale of White Horse

These figures are published for the whole of Vale of White Horse, not for each ward, so they describe all of Vale of White Horse and not Ridgeway alone. See Vale of White Horse

Average house price
£411,712
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,454
57th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 72nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.5
Joint 15th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ridgeway in brief

Ridgeway had 3,139 usual residents at the census.

About 20% of people in Ridgeway live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ridgeway, 48.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ridgeway, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.