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Eamont and Shap

Ward

North west Westmorland and Furness. About 4,189 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 257 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in Eamont and Shap live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,216
Joint 2,079th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
58.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Eamont and Shap compares

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

Eamont and ShapMiddle
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. Eamont and Shap is 4,216.
4,2168th 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%. Eamont and Shap is 90.0%.
90%16th fewest 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%. Eamont and Shap is 58.8%.
58.8%6th 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%. Eamont and Shap is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 9th highest

Is Eamont and Shap safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eamont and Shap at a rate of 51.8 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 Eamont and Shap.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (97), other crime (53) and drug offences (27).

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 Eamont and Shap 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
Eamont and Shap in brief

Eamont and Shap had 4,216 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Eamont and Shap live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Eamont and Shap, 58.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Eamont and Shap, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.