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Sprotbrough

Ward

West Doncaster. About 10,689 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 79 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Sprotbrough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,772
2,095th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sprotbrough compares

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

SprotbroughMiddle
Population21 wards, Doncaster · 2021
Population: every ward in Doncaster21 areas from 9,390 to 22,260. The middle area is 15,242. Sprotbrough is 10,772.
10,7724th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Doncaster · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Doncaster21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 18.0%. Sprotbrough is 97.0%.
97%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Doncaster · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Doncaster21 areas from 90.5% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.9%. Sprotbrough is 95.8%.
95.8%8th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Doncaster · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Doncaster21 areas from 1.4% to 8.7%. The middle area is 3.6%. Sprotbrough is 1.4%.
1.4%lowest

Is Sprotbrough safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sprotbrough at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 130.4 per 1,000 people across Doncaster.

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

In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sprotbrough.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (228), violence and sexual offences (189) and other crime (123).

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 Doncaster

These figures are published for the whole of Doncaster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Doncaster and not Sprotbrough alone. See Doncaster

Average house price
£172,305
Up 4.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,967
62nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.9×
Joint 39th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.5
35th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Sprotbrough in brief

Sprotbrough had 10,772 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Sprotbrough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Sprotbrough, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sprotbrough, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.