Charnock
WardThe middle of the South Ribble. About 4,014 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Charnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Charnock compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Charnock safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Charnock at a rate of 61.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.7 per 1,000 people across South Ribble.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Charnock.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (118), anti-social behaviour (46) and other crime (30).
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 Ribble
These figures are published for the whole of South Ribble, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Ribble and not Charnock alone. See South Ribble
Charnock in brief
Charnock had 3,951 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Charnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Charnock, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Charnock, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.