Highfields & Western Downs
WardSouth Stafford. About 7,048 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Highfields & Western Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Highfields & Western Downs compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Highfields & Western Downs safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Highfields & Western Downs at a rate of 88.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.5 per 1,000 people across Stafford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Highfields & Western Downs.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (348), other crime (123) and anti-social behaviour (106).
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 Stafford
These figures are published for the whole of Stafford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Stafford and not Highfields & Western Downs alone. See Stafford
Highfields & Western Downs in brief
Highfields & Western Downs had 6,888 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Highfields & Western Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Highfields & Western Downs, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Highfields & Western Downs, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.