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Etching Hill & the Heath

Ward

North Cannock Chase. About 8,704 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 17 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Etching Hill & the Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,726
Joint 3,044th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Etching Hill & the Heath compares

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

Etching Hill & the HeathMiddle
Population12 wards, Cannock Chase · 2021
Population: every ward in Cannock Chase12 areas from 6,970 to 10,545. The middle area is 8,236. Etching Hill & the Heath is 8,726.
8,7264th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Cannock Chase · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cannock Chase12 areas from 0.0% to 83.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Etching Hill & the Heath is 80.0%.
80%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Cannock Chase · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cannock Chase12 areas from 93.3% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.6%. Etching Hill & the Heath is 99.1%.
99.1%3rd highest
Claimant rate12 wards, Cannock Chase · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cannock Chase12 areas from 2.1% to 4.6%. The middle area is 3.2%. Etching Hill & the Heath is 2.6%.
2.6%5th lowest

Is Etching Hill & the Heath safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Etching Hill & the Heath at a rate of 67.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Cannock Chase.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Etching Hill & the Heath.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (303), other crime (121) and anti-social behaviour (81).

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 Cannock Chase

These figures are published for the whole of Cannock Chase, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cannock Chase and not Etching Hill & the Heath alone. See Cannock Chase

Average house price
£231,333
Down 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,140
97th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 122nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.9
Joint 136th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Etching Hill & the Heath in brief

Etching Hill & the Heath had 8,726 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Etching Hill & the Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Etching Hill & the Heath, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Etching Hill & the Heath, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.