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Ashdown

Ward

North west Hastings. About 5,649 people in 3.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Ashdown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,547
Joint 3,196th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ashdown compares

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

AshdownMiddle
Population16 wards, Hastings · 2021
Population: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 4,787 to 6,935. The middle area is 5,521. Ashdown is 5,547.
5,5478th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Hastings · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Ashdown is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Hastings · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 42.3% to 96.1%. The middle area is 91.9%. Ashdown is 83.4%.
83.4%5th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Hastings · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 2.5% to 7.7%. The middle area is 4.4%. Ashdown is 3.1%.
3.1%3rd lowest

Is Ashdown safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashdown at a rate of 115.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 146.8 per 1,000 people across Hastings.

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

In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ashdown.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (242), shoplifting (176) and other crime (113).

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 Hastings

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

Average house price
£238,757
Down 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,714
49th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
Joint 155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
37.3
7th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ashdown in brief

Ashdown had 5,547 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Ashdown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ashdown, 83.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ashdown, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.