Castle Vale
WardNorth east Birmingham. About 10,243 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Castle Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Castle Vale compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Castle Vale safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Castle Vale at a rate of 140.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 119 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Castle Vale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (605), shoplifting (245) and other crime (233).
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 Birmingham
These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Castle Vale alone. See Birmingham
Castle Vale in brief
Castle Vale had 9,938 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Castle Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Castle Vale, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Castle Vale, 7.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.