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Wishaw · North Lanarkshire

Wishaw: your neighbourhood

Wishaw electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or higher: 20.6% here, compared with 23.1% across North Lanarkshire (2.5 percentage points lower).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work. Scotland uses its own qualification categories.

20 March 2022 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

20.9%

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All usual residents

3,642 out of 17,408.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

Not available

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

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UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All usual residents

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People counted in the census

17,408

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

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Complete unrounded output-area population counts summed using the official NRS OA2022-to-council/ward lookup. Census date 20 March 2022.

All usual residents

17,408 out of 17,408.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or higher

20.6%

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

3,039 out of 14,753.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

24%

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

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UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

3,535 out of 14,753.

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Homes rented privately

Not available

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All occupied households

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

Not available

20 March 2022 · Wishaw

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All occupied households

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Crime and safety

Police UK only publishes transport-police data in Scotland; it cannot measure total ward crime.

Source and coverage explanation →

Police.uk street records do not cover ordinary Police Scotland crime. Scottish recorded-crime figures use their own definitions and are shown separately where available.

The chart below covers the whole council area. It is context for this ward, not a ward total.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland

1996/1997 to 2025/2026

North Lanarkshire council area · recorded crimes

Reviewed figures: 1996/1997 to 2025/2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

Shown on this chart: 27,804 recorded crimes in 1996/1997; 20,271 recorded crimes in 2025/2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Published Scottish annual recorded crimes, separately from offences. Different recording/counting rules from England and Wales; no UK crime ranking.

Council-area annual totals; not street-level mapped incidents.

Scottish crimes and offences are distinct categories. These figures are not directly comparable with England/Wales mapped crime.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland — North Lanarkshire council area: full reviewed history
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199727,804
1997/199826,760
1998/199928,109
1999/200026,244
2000/200127,367
2001/200227,701
2002/200326,233
2003/200425,478
2004/200530,544
2005/200630,336
2006/200731,221
2007/200831,295
2008/200930,222
2009/201028,520
2010/201126,095
2011/201224,692
2012/201321,714
2013/201421,109
2014/201520,136
2015/201619,566
2016/201719,773
2017/201820,425
2018/201921,608
2019/202022,378
2020/202121,734
2021/202218,644
2022/202318,751
2023/202419,504
2024/202519,384
2025/202620,271
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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across North Lanarkshire →