Broadwaters
WardNorth east Wyre Forest. About 9,768 people in 2.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Broadwaters live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Broadwaters compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Broadwaters safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Broadwaters at a rate of 92.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Wyre Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Broadwaters.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (375), anti-social behaviour (122) and other crime (113).
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 Wyre Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Wyre Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wyre Forest and not Broadwaters alone. See Wyre Forest
Broadwaters in brief
Broadwaters had 9,274 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Broadwaters live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Broadwaters, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Broadwaters, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.