South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville
WardSouth east Chelmsford. About 8,008 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville at a rate of 73.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across Chelmsford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), shoplifting (164) and other crime (79).
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 Chelmsford
These figures are published for the whole of Chelmsford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chelmsford and not South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville alone. See Chelmsford
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville in brief
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville had 8,017 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.