Woodhouse
WardEast Sheffield. About 18,821 people in 7.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 78% of people in Woodhouse live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Woodhouse compares
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Is Woodhouse safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Woodhouse at a rate of 118.5 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, 197 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Woodhouse.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (801), anti-social behaviour (419) and other crime (347).
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 Woodhouse alone. See Sheffield
Woodhouse in brief
Woodhouse had 18,439 usual residents at the census.
About 78% of people in Woodhouse live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Woodhouse, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Woodhouse, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.