Drypool
WardSouth east Kingston upon Hull. About 12,154 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Drypool live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Drypool compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Drypool safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Drypool at a rate of 160.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 139.1 per 1,000 people across Kingston upon Hull.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 117 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Drypool.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (636), other crime (434) and shoplifting (292).
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 Kingston upon Hull
These figures are published for the whole of Kingston upon Hull, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kingston upon Hull and not Drypool alone. See Kingston upon Hull
Drypool in brief
Drypool had 12,054 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Drypool live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Drypool, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Drypool, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.