Blackwater and Hawley
WardNorth east Hart. About 10,314 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Blackwater and Hawley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Blackwater and Hawley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Blackwater and Hawley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackwater and Hawley at a rate of 40.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 44.2 per 1,000 people across Hart.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackwater and Hawley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (148), other crime (79) and anti-social behaviour (56).
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 Hart
These figures are published for the whole of Hart, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hart and not Blackwater and Hawley alone. See Hart
Blackwater and Hawley in brief
Blackwater and Hawley had 9,242 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Blackwater and Hawley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Blackwater and Hawley, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blackwater and Hawley, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.