Birchwood West
Middle areaWest Lincoln. 7,264 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in Birchwood West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Birchwood West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birchwood West at a rate of 113.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 161.6 per 1,000 people across Lincoln.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 322 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 202 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 105 |
| Other crime | 86 |
| Vehicle crime | 65 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Shoplifting | 11 |
| Drug offences | 4 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Birchwood West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birchwood West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birchwood West at a rate of 113.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 161.6 per 1,000 people across Lincoln.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 89 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birchwood West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (322), anti-social behaviour (202) and criminal damage and arson (105).
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 Lincoln
These figures are published for the whole of Lincoln, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Lincoln and not Birchwood West alone. See Lincoln
Birchwood West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Birchwood West was £185,000 in 2025.
Birchwood West had 7,321 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in Birchwood West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birchwood West, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.