Wayfield & Weeds Wood
WardSouth west Medway. About 10,173 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Wayfield & Weeds Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wayfield & Weeds Wood compares
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Is Wayfield & Weeds Wood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wayfield & Weeds Wood at a rate of 105.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.4 per 1,000 people across Medway.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wayfield & Weeds Wood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (417), violence and sexual offences (381) and other crime (107).
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 Medway
These figures are published for the whole of Medway, not for each ward, so they describe all of Medway and not Wayfield & Weeds Wood alone. See Medway
Wayfield & Weeds Wood in brief
Wayfield & Weeds Wood had 10,092 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wayfield & Weeds Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wayfield & Weeds Wood, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wayfield & Weeds Wood, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.