Westlands
WardEast Newcastle-under-Lyme. About 8,529 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in Westlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Westlands compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Westlands safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Westlands at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.4 per 1,000 people across Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Westlands.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (172), other crime (58) and anti-social behaviour (55).
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 Newcastle-under-Lyme
These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not Westlands alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme
Westlands in brief
Westlands had 8,371 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in Westlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Westlands, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Westlands, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.