Cofton
WardNorth east Bromsgrove. About 3,729 people in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 24% of people in Cofton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cofton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cofton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cofton at a rate of 28.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.5 per 1,000 people across Bromsgrove.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cofton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (25), anti-social behaviour (13) and burglary (13).
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 Bromsgrove
These figures are published for the whole of Bromsgrove, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bromsgrove and not Cofton alone. See Bromsgrove
Cofton in brief
Cofton had 3,294 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Cofton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cofton, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cofton, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.