Blakenhall
WardSouth Wolverhampton. About 13,629 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 86% of people in Blakenhall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Blakenhall compares
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Is Blakenhall safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blakenhall at a rate of 102.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 99.3 per 1,000 people across Wolverhampton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blakenhall.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (567), other crime (226) and vehicle crime (166).
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 Wolverhampton
These figures are published for the whole of Wolverhampton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wolverhampton and not Blakenhall alone. See Wolverhampton
Blakenhall in brief
Blakenhall had 12,616 usual residents at the census.
About 86% of people in Blakenhall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Blakenhall, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Blakenhall, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.