Wolston and the Lawfords
WardSouth west Rugby. About 8,637 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 42 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 49% of people in Wolston and the Lawfords live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wolston and the Lawfords compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wolston and the Lawfords safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wolston and the Lawfords at a rate of 46.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.6 per 1,000 people across Rugby.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wolston and the Lawfords.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (162), anti-social behaviour (89) and other crime (66).
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 Rugby
These figures are published for the whole of Rugby, not for each ward, so they describe all of Rugby and not Wolston and the Lawfords alone. See Rugby
Wolston and the Lawfords in brief
Wolston and the Lawfords had 8,350 usual residents at the census.
About 49% of people in Wolston and the Lawfords live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wolston and the Lawfords, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wolston and the Lawfords, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.