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Sutton

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East Cheshire East. About 4,332 people in 90 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 Sutton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,223
Joint 2,084th least 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
14.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sutton compares

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

SuttonMiddle
Population52 wards, Cheshire East · 2021
Population: every ward in Cheshire East52 areas from 4,223 to 15,644. The middle area is 6,501. Sutton is 4,223.
4,223least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares52 wards, Cheshire East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cheshire East52 areas from 0.0% to 80.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Sutton is 80.0%.
80%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage52 wards, Cheshire East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cheshire East52 areas from 11.2% to 98.5%. The middle area is 85.7%. Sutton is 14.8%.
14.8%2nd lowest
Claimant rate52 wards, Cheshire East · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cheshire East52 areas from 0.5% to 5.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Sutton is 2.0%.
2.0%21st highest

Is Sutton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sutton at a rate of 36.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 66.1 per 1,000 people across Cheshire East.

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

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sutton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (84), other crime (41) and anti-social behaviour (23).

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 Cheshire East

These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire East, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire East and not Sutton alone. See Cheshire East

Average house price
£309,121
Up 5.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,991
120th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
Joint 161st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.2
85th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Sutton in brief

Sutton had 4,223 usual residents at the census.

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

In Sutton, 14.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sutton, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.