Drakes Cross
WardEast Bromsgrove. About 2,829 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Drakes Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Drakes Cross compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Drakes Cross safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Drakes Cross at a rate of 44.3 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, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Drakes Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (61), other crime (22) and anti-social behaviour (19).
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 Drakes Cross alone. See Bromsgrove
Drakes Cross in brief
Drakes Cross had 2,790 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Drakes Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Drakes Cross, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Drakes Cross, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.