Bradfield
WardThe east of the West Berkshire. About 4,677 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 39 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in Bradfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bradfield compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bradfield safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bradfield at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across West Berkshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bradfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (118), other crime (66) and criminal damage and arson (46).
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 West Berkshire
These figures are published for the whole of West Berkshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Berkshire and not Bradfield alone. See West Berkshire
Bradfield in brief
Bradfield had 4,472 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in Bradfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bradfield, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bradfield, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.