Northaw and Cuffley
WardSouth east Welwyn Hatfield. About 5,936 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 22 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in Northaw and Cuffley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Northaw and Cuffley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Northaw and Cuffley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Northaw and Cuffley at a rate of 45.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.6 per 1,000 people across Welwyn Hatfield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Northaw and Cuffley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (71), other crime (48) and anti-social behaviour (45).
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 Welwyn Hatfield
These figures are published for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Welwyn Hatfield and not Northaw and Cuffley alone. See Welwyn Hatfield
Northaw and Cuffley in brief
Northaw and Cuffley had 6,086 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in Northaw and Cuffley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Northaw and Cuffley, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Northaw and Cuffley, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.