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Bowness and Lyth

Ward

South west Westmorland and Furness. About 3,778 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 115 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 Bowness and Lyth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,835
Joint 1,787th 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
84.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bowness and Lyth compares

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

Bowness and LythMiddle
Population33 wards, Westmorland and Furness · 2021
Population: every ward in Westmorland and Furness33 areas from 3,178 to 12,159. The middle area is 6,216. Bowness and Lyth is 3,835.
3,8354th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares33 wards, Westmorland and Furness · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Westmorland and Furness33 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 94.0%. Bowness and Lyth is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage33 wards, Westmorland and Furness · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Westmorland and Furness33 areas from 30.2% to 98.9%. The middle area is 86.5%. Bowness and Lyth is 84.6%.
84.6%14th lowest
Claimant rate33 wards, Westmorland and Furness · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Westmorland and Furness33 areas from 0.4% to 5.6%. The middle area is 1.3%. Bowness and Lyth is 1.1%.
1.1%joint 6th lowest

Is Bowness and Lyth safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bowness and Lyth at a rate of 103.3 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, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bowness and Lyth.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (215), other crime (81) and criminal damage and arson (36).

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 Bowness and Lyth alone. See Westmorland and Furness

Average house price
£231,161
Up 5.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,859
103rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.8
Joint 135th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bowness and Lyth in brief

Bowness and Lyth had 3,835 usual residents at the census.

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

In Bowness and Lyth, 84.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bowness and Lyth, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.