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Polesworth West

Ward

The north of the North Warwickshire. About 3,398 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 82% of people in Polesworth West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,297
1,363rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
82%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Polesworth West compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Polesworth WestMiddle
Population17 wards, North Warwickshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North Warwickshire17 areas from 3,214 to 5,929. The middle area is 3,696. Polesworth West is 3,297.
3,2973rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, North Warwickshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North Warwickshire17 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 66.0%. Polesworth West is 82.0%.
82%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, North Warwickshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North Warwickshire17 areas from 47.9% to 96.8%. The middle area is 85.4%. Polesworth West is 95.7%.
95.7%2nd highest
Claimant rate17 wards, North Warwickshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North Warwickshire17 areas from 1.9% to 5.4%. The middle area is 2.4%. Polesworth West is 1.9%.
1.9%joint lowest

Is Polesworth West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polesworth West at a rate of 41.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.6 per 1,000 people across North Warwickshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Polesworth West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (48), anti-social behaviour (31) and other crime (20).

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 Warwickshire

These figures are published for the whole of North Warwickshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Warwickshire and not Polesworth West alone. See North Warwickshire

Average house price
£268,337
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,095
135th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.7×
Joint 147th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.1
135th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Polesworth West in brief

Polesworth West had 3,297 usual residents at the census.

About 82% of people in Polesworth West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Polesworth West, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Polesworth West, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.