Whaley Bridge
WardSouth west High Peak. About 6,286 people in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in Whaley Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Whaley Bridge compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Whaley Bridge safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whaley Bridge at a rate of 52.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 72.5 per 1,000 people across High Peak.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whaley Bridge.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), other crime (69) and anti-social behaviour (43).
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 High Peak
These figures are published for the whole of High Peak, not for each ward, so they describe all of High Peak and not Whaley Bridge alone. See High Peak
Whaley Bridge in brief
Whaley Bridge had 6,317 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in Whaley Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Whaley Bridge, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Whaley Bridge, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.