Bulwell
WardNorth west Nottingham. About 16,358 people in 5.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 86% of people in Bulwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bulwell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bulwell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bulwell at a rate of 169.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 159.7 per 1,000 people across Nottingham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 276 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bulwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (953), other crime (540) and anti-social behaviour (473).
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 Nottingham
These figures are published for the whole of Nottingham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Nottingham and not Bulwell alone. See Nottingham
Bulwell in brief
Bulwell had 16,219 usual residents at the census.
About 86% of people in Bulwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bulwell, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bulwell, 8.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.