Blackheath Westcombe
WardNorth west Greenwich. About 15,007 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in Blackheath Westcombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Blackheath Westcombe compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Blackheath Westcombe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackheath Westcombe at a rate of 69.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.6 per 1,000 people across Greenwich.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackheath Westcombe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (308), anti-social behaviour (197) and other crime (167).
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 Greenwich
These figures are published for the whole of Greenwich, not for each ward, so they describe all of Greenwich and not Blackheath Westcombe alone. See Greenwich
Blackheath Westcombe in brief
Blackheath Westcombe had 15,030 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in Blackheath Westcombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Blackheath Westcombe, 63.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blackheath Westcombe, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.