March West & Benwick
WardCentral Fenland. About 4,768 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 61 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in March West & Benwick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How March West & Benwick compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is March West & Benwick safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in March West & Benwick at a rate of 108.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across Fenland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in March West & Benwick.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (304), other crime (119) and anti-social behaviour (76).
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 Fenland
These figures are published for the whole of Fenland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Fenland and not March West & Benwick alone. See Fenland
March West & Benwick in brief
March West & Benwick had 4,785 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in March West & Benwick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In March West & Benwick, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In March West & Benwick, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.