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West Lancaster. About 6,947 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 45% of people in Bare live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,894
Joint 4,099th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
45%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bare compares

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

BareMiddle
Population27 wards, Lancaster · 2021
Population: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 1,900 to 8,376. The middle area is 4,984. Bare is 6,894.
6,8947th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Lancaster · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 5.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bare is 45.0%.
45%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Lancaster · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 12.6% to 99.0%. The middle area is 93.7%. Bare is 98.0%.
98.0%5th highest
Claimant rate27 wards, Lancaster · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 0.2% to 7.2%. The middle area is 2.6%. Bare is 2.7%.
2.7%13th highest

Is Bare safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bare at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 96.8 per 1,000 people across Lancaster.

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

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bare.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (145), anti-social behaviour (132) and other crime (59).

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 Lancaster

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

Average house price
£203,781
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,890
58th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.4
111th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bare in brief

Bare had 6,894 usual residents at the census.

About 45% of people in Bare live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bare, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bare, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.