Wolverham
WardNorth west Cheshire West and Chester. About 5,861 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in Wolverham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wolverham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wolverham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wolverham at a rate of 250.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 72.9 per 1,000 people across Cheshire West and Chester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wolverham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (346), shoplifting (307) and other crime (186).
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 West and Chester
These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire West and Chester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire West and Chester and not Wolverham alone. See Cheshire West and Chester
Wolverham in brief
Wolverham had 5,825 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in Wolverham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wolverham, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wolverham, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.