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Brinsley

Ward

North west Broxtowe. About 2,365 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 53% of people in Brinsley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,283
Joint 460th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
53%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Brinsley compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BrinsleyMiddle
Population20 wards, Broxtowe · 2021
Population: every ward in Broxtowe20 areas from 2,283 to 8,059. The middle area is 5,357. Brinsley is 2,283.
2,283least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Broxtowe · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Broxtowe20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 79.5%. Brinsley is 53.0%.
53%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Broxtowe · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Broxtowe20 areas from 74.8% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.1%. Brinsley is 99.6%.
99.6%2nd highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Broxtowe · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Broxtowe20 areas from 1.5% to 5.3%. The middle area is 2.9%. Brinsley is 1.5%.
1.5%lowest

Is Brinsley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brinsley at a rate of 35.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.1 per 1,000 people across Broxtowe.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brinsley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (31), anti-social behaviour (20) and other crime (16).

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 Broxtowe

These figures are published for the whole of Broxtowe, not for each ward, so they describe all of Broxtowe and not Brinsley alone. See Broxtowe

Average house price
£252,624
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,037
160th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 138th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.8
Joint 74th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Brinsley in brief

Brinsley had 2,283 usual residents at the census.

About 53% of people in Brinsley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Brinsley, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Brinsley, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.