Biddulph West
WardWest Staffordshire Moorlands. About 5,019 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 30% of people in Biddulph West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Biddulph West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Biddulph West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Biddulph West at a rate of 110.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.6 per 1,000 people across Staffordshire Moorlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Biddulph West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (167), anti-social behaviour (163) and other crime (82).
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 Staffordshire Moorlands
These figures are published for the whole of Staffordshire Moorlands, not for each ward, so they describe all of Staffordshire Moorlands and not Biddulph West alone. See Staffordshire Moorlands
Biddulph West in brief
Biddulph West had 5,026 usual residents at the census.
About 30% of people in Biddulph West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Biddulph West, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Biddulph West, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.