Old Barrow and Hindpool
WardSouth west Westmorland and Furness. About 12,548 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Old Barrow and Hindpool live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Old Barrow and Hindpool compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Old Barrow and Hindpool safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Barrow and Hindpool at a rate of 277.4 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, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Barrow and Hindpool.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,395), other crime (606) and shoplifting (373).
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 Old Barrow and Hindpool alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Old Barrow and Hindpool in brief
Old Barrow and Hindpool had 12,159 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Old Barrow and Hindpool live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Old Barrow and Hindpool, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Old Barrow and Hindpool, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.