Moss Bay and Moorclose
WardWest Cumberland. About 7,153 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Moss Bay and Moorclose live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Moss Bay and Moorclose compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Moss Bay and Moorclose safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Moss Bay and Moorclose at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.7 per 1,000 people across Cumberland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Moss Bay and Moorclose.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (388), other crime (128) and criminal damage and arson (75).
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 Cumberland
These figures are published for the whole of Cumberland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cumberland and not Moss Bay and Moorclose alone. See Cumberland
Moss Bay and Moorclose in brief
Moss Bay and Moorclose had 6,906 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Moss Bay and Moorclose live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Moss Bay and Moorclose, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Moss Bay and Moorclose, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.