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Ludgershall North & Rural

Ward

East Wiltshire. About 5,526 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 84 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 41% of people in Ludgershall North & Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,305
Joint 2,995th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
41%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ludgershall North & Rural compares

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

Ludgershall North & RuralMiddle
Population98 wards, Wiltshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 2,790 to 7,490. The middle area is 5,109. Ludgershall North & Rural is 5,305.
5,30541st most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares98 wards, Wiltshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 35.5%. Ludgershall North & Rural is 41.0%.
41%46th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage98 wards, Wiltshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 13.5% to 99.4%. The middle area is 84.7%. Ludgershall North & Rural is 64.2%.
64.2%26th lowest
Claimant rate98 wards, Wiltshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 2.2%. Ludgershall North & Rural is 2.7%.
2.7%joint 25th highest

Is Ludgershall North & Rural safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ludgershall North & Rural at a rate of 84.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Wiltshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ludgershall North & Rural.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (179), anti-social behaviour (88) and other crime (63).

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 Wiltshire

These figures are published for the whole of Wiltshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wiltshire and not Ludgershall North & Rural alone. See Wiltshire

Average house price
£328,102
Up 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,811
151st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
Joint 98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.6
72nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ludgershall North & Rural in brief

Ludgershall North & Rural had 5,305 usual residents at the census.

About 41% of people in Ludgershall North & Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ludgershall North & Rural, 64.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ludgershall North & Rural, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.