Merry Hill
WardSouth west Wolverhampton. About 12,684 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 35% of people in Merry Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Merry Hill compares
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Is Merry Hill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Merry Hill at a rate of 58.6 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, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Merry Hill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (362), other crime (121) and vehicle crime (65).
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 Merry Hill alone. See Wolverhampton
Merry Hill in brief
Merry Hill had 12,375 usual residents at the census.
About 35% of people in Merry Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Merry Hill, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Merry Hill, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.