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Martins Wood

Ward

North Stevenage. About 7,261 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 23% of people in Martins Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,120
Joint 3,939th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
23%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Martins Wood compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Martins WoodMiddle
Population13 wards, Stevenage · 2021
Population: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 5,438 to 7,954. The middle area is 7,120. Martins Wood is 7,120.
7,1207th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Stevenage · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 25.0%. Martins Wood is 23.0%.
23%6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Stevenage · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 80.5% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.2%. Martins Wood is 98.8%.
98.8%2nd highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Stevenage · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Stevenage13 areas from 2.2% to 5.3%. The middle area is 3.3%. Martins Wood is 4.2%.
4.2%joint 3rd highest

Is Martins Wood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Martins Wood at a rate of 66.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 118.5 per 1,000 people across Stevenage.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Martins Wood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (200), other crime (67) and anti-social behaviour (60).

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 Stevenage

These figures are published for the whole of Stevenage, not for each ward, so they describe all of Stevenage and not Martins Wood alone. See Stevenage

Average house price
£316,210
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,200
99th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
Joint 161st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.9
146th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Martins Wood in brief

Martins Wood had 7,120 usual residents at the census.

About 23% of people in Martins Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Martins Wood, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Martins Wood, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.