Bursted Wood
Middle areaCentral Bexley. 8,079 people in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Bursted Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bursted Wood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bursted Wood at a rate of 47.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 109 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 101 |
| Other crime | 68 |
| Vehicle crime | 35 |
| Shoplifting | 28 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Drug offences | 6 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bursted Wood compares
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Is Bursted Wood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bursted Wood at a rate of 47.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bursted Wood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (109), anti-social behaviour (101) and other crime (68).
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 Bexley
These figures are published for the whole of Bexley, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bexley and not Bursted Wood alone. See Bexley
Bursted Wood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bursted Wood was £520,000 in 2025.
Bursted Wood had 7,986 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bursted Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bursted Wood, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.