Biddulph North
WardNorth west Staffordshire Moorlands. About 5,413 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in Biddulph North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Biddulph North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Biddulph North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Biddulph North at a rate of 30.9 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, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Biddulph North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (53), other crime (34) and anti-social behaviour (27).
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 North alone. See Staffordshire Moorlands
Biddulph North in brief
Biddulph North had 5,386 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in Biddulph North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Biddulph North, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Biddulph North, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.