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Bulkington

Ward

South east Nuneaton and Bedworth. About 6,380 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Bulkington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,078
3,664th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bulkington compares

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

BulkingtonMiddle
Population19 wards, Nuneaton and Bedworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Nuneaton and Bedworth19 areas from 2,604 to 9,085. The middle area is 7,293. Bulkington is 6,078.
6,0784th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Nuneaton and Bedworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Nuneaton and Bedworth19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 87.0%. Bulkington is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Nuneaton and Bedworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Nuneaton and Bedworth19 areas from 84.8% to 99.0%. The middle area is 95.3%. Bulkington is 87.9%.
87.9%joint 2nd lowest
Claimant rate19 wards, Nuneaton and Bedworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Nuneaton and Bedworth19 areas from 1.6% to 7.2%. The middle area is 3.8%. Bulkington is 2.7%.
2.7%4th lowest

Is Bulkington safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bulkington at a rate of 67.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 106.1 per 1,000 people across Nuneaton and Bedworth.

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

In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bulkington.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (160), anti-social behaviour (84) and other crime (68).

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 Nuneaton and Bedworth

These figures are published for the whole of Nuneaton and Bedworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Nuneaton and Bedworth and not Bulkington alone. See Nuneaton and Bedworth

Average house price
£226,730
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,277
77th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 122nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.0
Joint 89th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bulkington in brief

Bulkington had 6,078 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Bulkington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bulkington, 87.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bulkington, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.