Windermere and Ambleside
WardWest Westmorland and Furness. About 9,931 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 161 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 59% of people in Windermere and Ambleside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Windermere and Ambleside compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Windermere and Ambleside safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Windermere and Ambleside at a rate of 74.6 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, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Windermere and Ambleside.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (345), other crime (154) and criminal damage and arson (84).
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 Windermere and Ambleside alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Windermere and Ambleside in brief
Windermere and Ambleside had 10,178 usual residents at the census.
About 59% of people in Windermere and Ambleside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Windermere and Ambleside, 75.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Windermere and Ambleside, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.