# Most and fewest people in radon Affected Areas: places in West Midlands (2022)

Coventry was the most people in radon Affected Areas of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2022 (people in radon Affected Area squares 95%).

Redditch was the fewest people in radon Affected Areas (1%). The middle council, Wolverhampton, had 52%.

Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.

| Rank | Area | People in radon Affected Area squares |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 95% |
| 2 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 94% |
| =3 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 80% |
| =3 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 80% |
| =5 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 74% |
| =5 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 74% |
| 7 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 70% |
| 8 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 67% |
| =9 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 66% |
| =9 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 66% |
| 11 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 63% |
| 12 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 62% |
| 13 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 57% |
| 14 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 56% |
| 15 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 52% |
| 16 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 47% |
| 17 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 46% |
| 18 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 44% |
| 19 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 41% |
| 20 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 35% |
| 21 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 25% |
| =22 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 20% |
| =22 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 20% |
| =24 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 18% |
| =24 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 18% |
| 26 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 15% |
| =27 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 7% |
| =27 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 7% |
| 29 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 4% |
| 30 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 1% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Period: 2022. Period: 2022.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/east-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon-affected-areas)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?vs=population&mode=blend)

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