Offa
WardThe west of the North Hertfordshire. About 3,689 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 47 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 60% of people in Offa live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Offa compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Offa safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Offa at a rate of 58.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.6 per 1,000 people across North Hertfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Offa.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (72), anti-social behaviour (60) and other crime (46).
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 North Hertfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of North Hertfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Hertfordshire and not Offa alone. See North Hertfordshire
Offa in brief
Offa had 3,605 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in Offa live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Offa, 36.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Offa, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.