Droitwich West
WardNorth west Wychavon. About 6,031 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Droitwich West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Droitwich West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Droitwich West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Droitwich West at a rate of 97.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 64.5 per 1,000 people across Wychavon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Droitwich West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (263), other crime (91) and anti-social behaviour (86).
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 Wychavon
These figures are published for the whole of Wychavon, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wychavon and not Droitwich West alone. See Wychavon
Droitwich West in brief
Droitwich West had 5,970 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Droitwich West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Droitwich West, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Droitwich West, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.