Birstall East & Wanlip
WardSouth Charnwood. About 6,831 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Birstall East & Wanlip live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Birstall East & Wanlip compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birstall East & Wanlip safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birstall East & Wanlip at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.7 per 1,000 people across Charnwood.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birstall East & Wanlip.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (142), other crime (74) and anti-social behaviour (65).
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 Charnwood
These figures are published for the whole of Charnwood, not for each ward, so they describe all of Charnwood and not Birstall East & Wanlip alone. See Charnwood
Birstall East & Wanlip in brief
Birstall East & Wanlip had 6,667 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Birstall East & Wanlip live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birstall East & Wanlip, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birstall East & Wanlip, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.