Canvey Island Central
WardSouth west Castle Point. About 8,027 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Canvey Island Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Canvey Island Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Canvey Island Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Canvey Island Central at a rate of 101.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 62.3 per 1,000 people across Castle Point.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Canvey Island Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (318), anti-social behaviour (193) and other crime (124).
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 Castle Point
These figures are published for the whole of Castle Point, not for each ward, so they describe all of Castle Point and not Canvey Island Central alone. See Castle Point
Canvey Island Central in brief
Canvey Island Central had 8,017 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Canvey Island Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Canvey Island Central, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Canvey Island Central, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.