Brigg & Wolds
WardThe east of the North Lincolnshire. About 12,004 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 118 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 28% of people in Brigg & Wolds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Brigg & Wolds compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Brigg & Wolds safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brigg & Wolds at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.9 per 1,000 people across North Lincolnshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brigg & Wolds.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (365), other crime (189) and criminal damage and arson (110).
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 Lincolnshire
These figures are published for the whole of North Lincolnshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Lincolnshire and not Brigg & Wolds alone. See North Lincolnshire
Brigg & Wolds in brief
Brigg & Wolds had 12,046 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in Brigg & Wolds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Brigg & Wolds, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Brigg & Wolds, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.