The Dales
WardNorth Ashfield. About 3,261 people in 0.9 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In The Dales, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How The Dales compares
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Is The Dales safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in The Dales at a rate of 53.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Ashfield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in The Dales.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (57), anti-social behaviour (30) and criminal damage and arson (25).
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 Ashfield
These figures are published for the whole of Ashfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashfield and not The Dales alone. See Ashfield
The Dales in brief
The Dales had 3,286 usual residents at the census.
In The Dales, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In The Dales, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
58.6% of residents in The Dales were aged 15 to 64 at the census.