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Boney Hay & Central

Ward

West Lichfield. About 6,399 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Boney Hay & Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,341
Joint 3,855th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Boney Hay & Central compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Boney Hay & CentralMiddle
Population22 wards, Lichfield · 2021
Population: every ward in Lichfield22 areas from 2,015 to 8,018. The middle area is 4,643. Boney Hay & Central is 6,341.
6,3416th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Lichfield · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lichfield22 areas from 0.0% to 62.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Boney Hay & Central is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Lichfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lichfield22 areas from 0.8% to 99.3%. The middle area is 89.3%. Boney Hay & Central is 98.2%.
98.2%3rd highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Lichfield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lichfield22 areas from 1.1% to 4.4%. The middle area is 1.9%. Boney Hay & Central is 2.4%.
2.4%8th highest

Is Boney Hay & Central safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Boney Hay & Central at a rate of 45.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.7 per 1,000 people across Lichfield.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Boney Hay & Central.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (114), anti-social behaviour (44) and other crime (42).

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 Lichfield

These figures are published for the whole of Lichfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lichfield and not Boney Hay & Central alone. See Lichfield

Average house price
£335,799
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,803
104th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.0×
Joint 135th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.7
Joint 57th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Boney Hay & Central in brief

Boney Hay & Central had 6,341 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Boney Hay & Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Boney Hay & Central, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Boney Hay & Central, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.