West Chesterton
WardNorth Cambridge. About 9,058 people in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Chesterton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Chesterton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Chesterton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Chesterton at a rate of 109.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Cambridge.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 97 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Chesterton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (316), violence and sexual offences (263) and other crime (208).
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 Cambridge
These figures are published for the whole of Cambridge, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cambridge and not West Chesterton alone. See Cambridge
West Chesterton in brief
West Chesterton had 8,903 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Chesterton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Chesterton, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Chesterton, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.