Brierley Hill & Wordsley South
WardSouth west Dudley. About 15,695 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 76% of people in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Brierley Hill & Wordsley South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Brierley Hill & Wordsley South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South at a rate of 159.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.9 per 1,000 people across Dudley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 209 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (918), shoplifting (573) and other crime (379).
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 Dudley
These figures are published for the whole of Dudley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dudley and not Brierley Hill & Wordsley South alone. See Dudley
Brierley Hill & Wordsley South in brief
Brierley Hill & Wordsley South had 15,015 usual residents at the census.
About 76% of people in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.