Great Malvern
WardSouth east Malvern Hills. About 5,328 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 59% of people in Great Malvern live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Malvern compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Malvern safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Malvern at a rate of 80.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 55.3 per 1,000 people across Malvern Hills.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Malvern.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (104), shoplifting (78) and anti-social behaviour (66).
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 Malvern Hills
These figures are published for the whole of Malvern Hills, not for each ward, so they describe all of Malvern Hills and not Great Malvern alone. See Malvern Hills
Great Malvern in brief
Great Malvern had 5,005 usual residents at the census.
About 59% of people in Great Malvern live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Malvern, 81.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Great Malvern, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.