West Clacton & Jaywick Sands
WardSouth Tendring. About 5,562 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Clacton & Jaywick Sands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Clacton & Jaywick Sands compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Clacton & Jaywick Sands safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Clacton & Jaywick Sands at a rate of 156.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.0 per 1,000 people across Tendring.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Clacton & Jaywick Sands.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (417), other crime (129) and anti-social behaviour (94).
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 Tendring
These figures are published for the whole of Tendring, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tendring and not West Clacton & Jaywick Sands alone. See Tendring
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands in brief
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands had 5,304 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Clacton & Jaywick Sands live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Clacton & Jaywick Sands, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Clacton & Jaywick Sands, 7.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.