West Ecclesfield
WardNorth east Sheffield. About 17,400 people in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in West Ecclesfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Ecclesfield compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Ecclesfield safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Ecclesfield at a rate of 61.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 113.7 per 1,000 people across Sheffield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Ecclesfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (355), anti-social behaviour (171) and other crime (161).
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 Sheffield
These figures are published for the whole of Sheffield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sheffield and not West Ecclesfield alone. See Sheffield
West Ecclesfield in brief
West Ecclesfield had 17,328 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in West Ecclesfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Ecclesfield, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Ecclesfield, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.