Birch Hill & Hanworth East
Middle areaCentral Bracknell Forest. 7,479 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Birch Hill & Hanworth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Birch Hill & Hanworth East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birch Hill & Hanworth East at a rate of 101.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across Bracknell Forest.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 240 |
| Shoplifting | 139 |
| Other crime | 125 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 97 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 59 |
| Vehicle crime | 50 |
| Drug offences | 26 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Birch Hill & Hanworth East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birch Hill & Hanworth East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birch Hill & Hanworth East at a rate of 101.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across Bracknell Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birch Hill & Hanworth East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (240), shoplifting (139) and other crime (125).
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 Bracknell Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Bracknell Forest, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bracknell Forest and not Birch Hill & Hanworth East alone. See Bracknell Forest
Birch Hill & Hanworth East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Birch Hill & Hanworth East was £388,500 in 2025.
Birch Hill & Hanworth East had 7,439 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Birch Hill & Hanworth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birch Hill & Hanworth East, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.