Prudhoe North & Wylam
WardSouth east Northumberland. About 4,760 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 51% of people in Prudhoe North & Wylam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Prudhoe North & Wylam compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Prudhoe North & Wylam safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Prudhoe North & Wylam at a rate of 55.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.4 per 1,000 people across Northumberland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Prudhoe North & Wylam.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (58), violence and sexual offences (36) and shoplifting (30).
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 Northumberland
These figures are published for the whole of Northumberland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Northumberland and not Prudhoe North & Wylam alone. See Northumberland
Prudhoe North & Wylam in brief
Prudhoe North & Wylam had 4,700 usual residents at the census.
About 51% of people in Prudhoe North & Wylam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Prudhoe North & Wylam, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Prudhoe North & Wylam, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.