Oadby Woodlands
WardEast Oadby and Wigston. About 4,732 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Oadby Woodlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Oadby Woodlands compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Oadby Woodlands safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oadby Woodlands at a rate of 33.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.4 per 1,000 people across Oadby and Wigston.
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 Oadby Woodlands.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (79), other crime (32) and anti-social behaviour (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 Oadby and Wigston
These figures are published for the whole of Oadby and Wigston, not for each ward, so they describe all of Oadby and Wigston and not Oadby Woodlands alone. See Oadby and Wigston
Oadby Woodlands in brief
Oadby Woodlands had 4,633 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Oadby Woodlands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Oadby Woodlands, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Oadby Woodlands, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.