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Cranbrook

Ward

The west of the East Devon. About 8,529 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 7% of people in Cranbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,744
Joint 4,196th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
7%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cranbrook compares

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

CranbrookMiddle
Population30 wards, East Devon · 2021
Population: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 2,102 to 8,124. The middle area is 4,968. Cranbrook is 6,744.
6,74412th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, East Devon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 27.0%. Cranbrook is 7.0%.
7%12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, East Devon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 7.0% to 99.7%. The middle area is 72.4%. Cranbrook is 96.0%.
96.0%joint 5th highest
Claimant rate30 wards, East Devon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.8% to 3.6%. The middle area is 1.8%. Cranbrook is 1.9%.
1.9%joint 13th highest

Is Cranbrook safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cranbrook at a rate of 53.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 46.7 per 1,000 people across East Devon.

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

In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cranbrook.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (256), other crime (56) and anti-social behaviour (43).

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 East Devon

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

Average house price
£339,683
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,087
136th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.5×
Joint 105th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.5
Joint 91st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Cranbrook in brief

Cranbrook had 6,744 usual residents at the census.

About 7% of people in Cranbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cranbrook, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cranbrook, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.