Appleby and Brough
WardNorth east Westmorland and Furness. About 6,094 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 245 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in Appleby and Brough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Appleby and Brough compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Appleby and Brough safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Appleby and Brough at a rate of 49.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.6 per 1,000 people across Westmorland and Furness.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Appleby and Brough.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (165), other crime (81) and criminal damage and arson (35).
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 Westmorland and Furness
These figures are published for the whole of Westmorland and Furness, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westmorland and Furness and not Appleby and Brough alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Appleby and Brough in brief
Appleby and Brough had 5,985 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Appleby and Brough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Appleby and Brough, 37.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Appleby and Brough, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.