Biggleswade West
WardNorth east Central Bedfordshire. About 14,014 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 10 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 17% of people in Biggleswade West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Biggleswade West compares
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Is Biggleswade West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Biggleswade West at a rate of 77.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Central Bedfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Biggleswade West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (346), anti-social behaviour (230) and other crime (184).
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 Central Bedfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of Central Bedfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Central Bedfordshire and not Biggleswade West alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Biggleswade West in brief
Biggleswade West had 13,883 usual residents at the census.
About 17% of people in Biggleswade West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Biggleswade West, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Biggleswade West, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.