Compare

Phoenix

Ward

South Gedling. About 5,453 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.0 square kilometre.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 46% of people in Phoenix live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,470
Joint 3,137th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
46%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Phoenix compares

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

PhoenixMiddle
Population19 wards, Gedling · 2021
Population: every ward in Gedling19 areas from 2,777 to 9,106. The middle area is 6,028. Phoenix is 5,470.
5,4705th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Gedling · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Gedling19 areas from 0.0% to 86.0%. The middle area is 20.0%. Phoenix is 46.0%.
46%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Gedling · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Gedling19 areas from 10.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.7%. Phoenix is 99.5%.
99.5%joint 2nd highest
Claimant rate19 wards, Gedling · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Gedling19 areas from 1.4% to 5.9%. The middle area is 3.3%. Phoenix is 3.5%.
3.5%8th highest

Is Phoenix safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Phoenix at a rate of 42.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 68.6 per 1,000 people across Gedling.

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

In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Phoenix.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (105), other crime (47) and anti-social behaviour (34).

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 Gedling

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

Average house price
£245,028
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,727
148th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.5
Joint 91st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Phoenix in brief

Phoenix had 5,470 usual residents at the census.

About 46% of people in Phoenix live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Phoenix, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Phoenix, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.