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Seales

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The south west of the South Derbyshire. About 5,556 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 41 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in Seales live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,409
Joint 3,081st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
6%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Seales compares

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

SealesMiddle
Population15 wards, South Derbyshire · 2021
Population: every ward in South Derbyshire15 areas from 2,560 to 9,993. The middle area is 7,346. Seales is 5,409.
5,4093rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, South Derbyshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Derbyshire15 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 6.0%. Seales is 6.0%.
6%8th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, South Derbyshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Derbyshire15 areas from 80.6% to 99.3%. The middle area is 94.8%. Seales is 80.6%.
80.6%lowest
Claimant rate15 wards, South Derbyshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Derbyshire15 areas from 0.8% to 3.7%. The middle area is 2.1%. Seales is 1.7%.
1.7%joint 5th lowest

Is Seales safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Seales at a rate of 59.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across South Derbyshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Seales.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (146), other crime (81) and anti-social behaviour (22).

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 South Derbyshire

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

Average house price
£259,537
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,520
108th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.3×
Joint 114th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Seales in brief

Seales had 5,409 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in Seales live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Seales, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Seales, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.