Bestwood St Albans
WardWest Gedling. About 5,721 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Bestwood St Albans live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bestwood St Albans compares
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Is Bestwood St Albans safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bestwood St Albans at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 68.6 per 1,000 people across Gedling.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bestwood St Albans.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (128), anti-social behaviour (65) and other crime (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 Gedling
These figures are published for the whole of Gedling, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gedling and not Bestwood St Albans alone. See Gedling
Bestwood St Albans in brief
Bestwood St Albans had 5,462 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bestwood St Albans live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bestwood St Albans, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bestwood St Albans, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.