Draycott & Risley
WardSouth east Erewash. About 4,009 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 67% of people in Draycott & Risley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Draycott & Risley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Draycott & Risley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Draycott & Risley at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.3 per 1,000 people across Erewash.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Draycott & Risley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (104), other crime (62) and anti-social behaviour (44).
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 Erewash
These figures are published for the whole of Erewash, not for each ward, so they describe all of Erewash and not Draycott & Risley alone. See Erewash
Draycott & Risley in brief
Draycott & Risley had 4,113 usual residents at the census.
About 67% of people in Draycott & Risley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Draycott & Risley, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Draycott & Risley, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.