Aldridge Central & South
WardEast Walsall. About 13,261 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 33% of people in Aldridge Central & South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Aldridge Central & South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Aldridge Central & South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Aldridge Central & South at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.7 per 1,000 people across Walsall.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Aldridge Central & South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (349), other crime (163) and vehicle crime (108).
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 Walsall
These figures are published for the whole of Walsall, not for each ward, so they describe all of Walsall and not Aldridge Central & South alone. See Walsall
Aldridge Central & South in brief
Aldridge Central & South had 13,259 usual residents at the census.
About 33% of people in Aldridge Central & South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Aldridge Central & South, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Aldridge Central & South, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.