Witham Central
WardSouth Braintree. About 7,457 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Witham Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Witham Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Witham Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Witham Central at a rate of 126.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Braintree.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Witham Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (338), other crime (171) and anti-social behaviour (100).
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 Braintree
These figures are published for the whole of Braintree, not for each ward, so they describe all of Braintree and not Witham Central alone. See Braintree
Witham Central in brief
Witham Central had 6,729 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Witham Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Witham Central, 84.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Witham Central, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.