Residents where homes need full radon protection, every council ranked
Where UKHSA expects 10% or more of homes above the radon action level, so a new home needs full radon protection. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 181 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: York, 0%. Highest: West Devon, 94.5%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | AngusScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnetLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BedfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | BexleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of LondonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | CroydonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | EalingLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EnfieldLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | FalkirkScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FenlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | GreenwichLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HackneyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaringeyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarrowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HavantSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaveringLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HounslowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | IslingtonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | LambethLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LewishamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | LutonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaldonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | New ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NorwichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | OxfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ReadingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SloughSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SuttonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TendringEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WandsworthLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WaverleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WestminsterLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WyreNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 182 | WarringtonNorth West | 0.1% |
| 183 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 0.2% |
| 183 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 0.2% |
| 183 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0.2% |
| 183 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 0.2% |
| 187 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 187 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 187 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 187 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 0.3% |
| 191 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0.4% |
| 191 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0.4% |
| 191 joint | West LothianScotland | 0.4% |
| 194 | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0.5% |
| 195 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 0.6% |
| 195 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0.6% |
| 195 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0.6% |
| 198 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 0.7% |
| 198 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 0.7% |
| 198 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0.7% |
| 201 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0.8% |
| 202 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 0.9% |
| 202 joint | HorshamSouth East | 0.9% |
| 204 joint | BaberghEast of England | 1% |
| 204 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 1% |
| 206 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 1.1% |
| 206 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.1% |
| 206 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 1.1% |
| 209 joint | FifeScotland | 1.2% |
| 209 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 1.2% |
| 211 | AshfordSouth East | 1.3% |
| 212 | WalsallWest Midlands | 1.4% |
| 213 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 1.5% |
| 213 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 1.5% |
| 215 | StirlingScotland | 1.6% |
| 216 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 1.7% |
| 216 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 1.7% |
| 218 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 2% |
| 219 | County DurhamNorth East | 2.2% |
| 220 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 2.3% |
| 220 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 2.3% |
| 222 | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 2.4% |
| 223 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 2.5% |
| 223 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 2.5% |
| 225 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 2.6% |
| 225 joint | SwaleSouth East | 2.6% |
| 227 | StaffordWest Midlands | 2.7% |
| 228 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 2.8% |
| 229 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 3.5% |
| 229 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 3.5% |
| 231 | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 3.7% |
| 232 | DorsetSouth West | 3.8% |
| 233 | BirminghamWest Midlands | 3.9% |
| 234 | WealdenSouth East | 4% |
| 235 | KnowsleyNorth West | 4.1% |
| 236 | East DevonSouth West | 4.5% |
| 237 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 4.9% |
| 237 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 4.9% |
| 239 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 5% |
| 239 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 5% |
| 241 joint | IpswichEast of England | 5.1% |
| 241 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 5.1% |
| 243 | SandwellWest Midlands | 5.5% |
| 244 | StockportNorth West | 6% |
| 245 | Dundee CityScotland | 6.2% |
| 246 | MorayScotland | 6.5% |
| 247 joint | BoltonNorth West | 6.6% |
| 247 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 6.6% |
| 249 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 7.1% |
| 249 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 7.1% |
| 249 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 7.1% |
| 252 | TorridgeSouth West | 7.7% |
| 253 | CanterburySouth East | 8% |
| 254 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 8.8% |
| 254 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 8.8% |
| 256 | WarwickWest Midlands | 9% |
| 257 | ArunSouth East | 9.1% |
| 258 | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 9.4% |
| 259 | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 10.1% |
| 260 | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 10.4% |
| 261 | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 10.6% |
| 262 | CoventryWest Midlands | 10.7% |
| 263 | HighlandScotland | 11% |
| 264 | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 11.1% |
| 265 | CardiffWales | 11.3% |
| 266 | West LindseyEast Midlands | 11.5% |
| 267 | WiganNorth West | 11.8% |
| 268 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 12% |
| 268 joint | PendleNorth West | 12% |
| 270 joint | MidlothianScotland | 12.3% |
| 270 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 12.3% |
| 272 | SalfordNorth West | 12.5% |
| 273 | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 13.1% |
| 274 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 13.2% |
| 274 joint | ExeterSouth West | 13.2% |
| 276 | North AyrshireScotland | 13.4% |
| 277 | AshfieldEast Midlands | 13.8% |
| 278 | InverclydeScotland | 13.9% |
| 279 | RochdaleNorth West | 14.2% |
| 280 | MeltonEast Midlands | 14.3% |
| 281 | BristolSouth West | 14.4% |
| 282 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 14.6% |
| 282 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 14.6% |
| 282 joint | SwanseaWales | 14.6% |
| 285 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 14.8% |
| 285 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 14.8% |
| 287 joint | East LothianScotland | 15.1% |
| 287 joint | OldhamNorth West | 15.1% |
| 289 | GwyneddWales | 15.3% |
| 290 | HarboroughEast Midlands | 15.9% |
| 291 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 16% |
| 292 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 16.2% |
| 292 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 16.2% |
| 294 | Mid DevonSouth West | 16.3% |
| 295 joint | AdurSouth East | 16.4% |
| 295 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 16.4% |
| 297 | BuryNorth West | 16.7% |
| 298 | SomersetSouth West | 17.2% |
| 299 | NewportWales | 17.8% |
| 300 joint | CaerphillyWales | 18.6% |
| 300 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 18.6% |
| 302 | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 18.8% |
| 303 | Shetland IslandsScotland | 19.4% |
| 304 | Merthyr TydfilWales | 19.5% |
| 305 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 20.6% |
| 305 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 20.6% |
| 307 | East HampshireSouth East | 20.7% |
| 308 | TorfaenWales | 21.1% |
| 309 | RenfrewshireScotland | 21.5% |
| 310 joint | CeredigionWales | 24.6% |
| 310 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 24.6% |
| 312 | AberdeenshireScotland | 24.9% |
| 313 | Isle of AngleseyWales | 25.8% |
| 314 | St. HelensNorth West | 25.9% |
| 315 | CarmarthenshireWales | 26.3% |
| 316 | West OxfordshireSouth East | 26.6% |
| 317 | PlymouthSouth West | 26.9% |
| 318 | High PeakEast Midlands | 27.3% |
| 319 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 29.2% |
| 320 | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 29.3% |
| 321 | LincolnEast Midlands | 30.3% |
| 322 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 30.4% |
| 322 joint | WorthingSouth East | 30.4% |
| 324 | North KestevenEast Midlands | 30.8% |
| 325 | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 31.7% |
| 326 | North DevonSouth West | 31.9% |
| 327 | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 32% |
| 328 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 34.3% |
| 329 | TeignbridgeSouth West | 34.7% |
| 330 | TorbaySouth West | 34.9% |
| 331 | DenbighshireWales | 39.4% |
| 332 | North SomersetSouth West | 40.4% |
| 333 | PowysWales | 41.6% |
| 334 | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 41.7% |
| 335 | MonmouthshireWales | 43.6% |
| 336 | Neath Port TalbotWales | 43.9% |
| 337 | EastbourneSouth East | 45% |
| 338 | Vale of GlamorganWales | 48.4% |
| 339 | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 49.3% |
| 340 | LancasterNorth West | 50% |
| 341 | CherwellSouth East | 50.8% |
| 342 joint | ConwyWales | 51.5% |
| 342 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 51.5% |
| 344 | South KestevenEast Midlands | 53.9% |
| 345 | RutlandEast Midlands | 56.3% |
| 346 | Forest of DeanSouth West | 57.5% |
| 347 | WrexhamWales | 58.1% |
| 348 | BridgendWales | 60.8% |
| 349 | StroudSouth West | 62.2% |
| 350 | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 66.3% |
| 351 | DoverSouth East | 67.1% |
| 352 | PembrokeshireWales | 69.7% |
| 353 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 69.8% |
| 354 | LewesSouth East | 76.3% |
| 355 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 83.1% |
| 356 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 84.4% |
| 357 | FlintshireWales | 85.7% |
| 358 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 88.9% |
| 359 | CornwallSouth West | 89% |
| 360 | South HamsSouth West | 91.4% |
| 361 | West DevonSouth West | 94.5% |
UKHSA and the British Geological Survey, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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