Bridgnorth East
WardSouth east Shropshire. About 4,003 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 84% of people in Bridgnorth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bridgnorth East compares
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Is Bridgnorth East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bridgnorth East at a rate of 75.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 57.7 per 1,000 people across Shropshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bridgnorth East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (127), other crime (55) and anti-social behaviour (37).
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 Shropshire
These figures are published for the whole of Shropshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Shropshire and not Bridgnorth East alone. See Shropshire
Bridgnorth East in brief
Bridgnorth East had 4,062 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in Bridgnorth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bridgnorth East, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bridgnorth East, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.