Biddulph East
WardWest Staffordshire Moorlands. About 6,171 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 25% of people in Biddulph East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Biddulph East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Biddulph East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Biddulph East at a rate of 83.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.6 per 1,000 people across Staffordshire Moorlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Biddulph East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (271), anti-social behaviour (96) and other crime (68).
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 Staffordshire Moorlands
These figures are published for the whole of Staffordshire Moorlands, not for each ward, so they describe all of Staffordshire Moorlands and not Biddulph East alone. See Staffordshire Moorlands
Biddulph East in brief
Biddulph East had 6,061 usual residents at the census.
About 25% of people in Biddulph East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Biddulph East, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Biddulph East, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.