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Graiseley

Ward

South west Wolverhampton. About 14,284 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 52% of people in Graiseley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,942
1,311th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
52%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
8.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Graiseley compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GraiseleyMiddle
Population20 wards, Wolverhampton · 2021
Population: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 10,648 to 15,577. The middle area is 13,011. Graiseley is 12,942.
12,94210th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Wolverhampton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 49.0%. Graiseley is 52.0%.
52%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Wolverhampton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 91.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.9%. Graiseley is 99.5%.
99.5%5th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Wolverhampton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 3.3% to 11.3%. The middle area is 6.1%. Graiseley is 8.0%.
8.0%5th highest

Is Graiseley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Graiseley at a rate of 89.5 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, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Graiseley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (599), other crime (247) and criminal damage and arson (112).

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 Graiseley alone. See Wolverhampton

Average house price
£220,559
Up 7.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,858
89th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.6
23rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Graiseley in brief

Graiseley had 12,942 usual residents at the census.

About 52% of people in Graiseley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Graiseley, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Graiseley, 8.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.