Bulwell Forest
WardNorth Nottingham. About 13,819 people in 3.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 50% of people in Bulwell Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bulwell Forest compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bulwell Forest safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bulwell Forest at a rate of 106.1 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, 132 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bulwell Forest.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (660), other crime (224) and anti-social behaviour (208).
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 Forest alone. See Nottingham
Bulwell Forest in brief
Bulwell Forest had 13,997 usual residents at the census.
About 50% of people in Bulwell Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bulwell Forest, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bulwell Forest, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.