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Highfield

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West Lichfield. About 4,566 people in 6.5 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 Highfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,509
Joint 2,322nd 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
95.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Highfield compares

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

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Population22 wards, Lichfield · 2021
Population: every ward in Lichfield22 areas from 2,015 to 8,018. The middle area is 4,643. Highfield is 4,509.
4,5099th least 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%. Highfield 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%. Highfield is 95.3%.
95.3%6th 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%. Highfield is 1.5%.
1.5%8th lowest

Is Highfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Highfield at a rate of 34.3 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, 11 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Highfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (60), other crime (24) and anti-social behaviour (23).

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 Highfield 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
Highfield in brief

Highfield had 4,509 usual residents at the census.

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

In Highfield, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Highfield, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.