Western Springs
WardNorth east Cannock Chase. About 7,716 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 83% of people in Western Springs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Western Springs compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Western Springs safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Western Springs at a rate of 142.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Cannock Chase.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Western Springs.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), other crime (149) and shoplifting (126).
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 Cannock Chase
These figures are published for the whole of Cannock Chase, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cannock Chase and not Western Springs alone. See Cannock Chase
Western Springs in brief
Western Springs had 7,536 usual residents at the census.
About 83% of people in Western Springs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Western Springs, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Western Springs, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.