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Norton

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South west Dudley. About 11,715 people in 5.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Norton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,862
Joint 1,645th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Norton compares

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

NortonMiddle
Population24 wards, Dudley · 2021
Population: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 11,851 to 16,287. The middle area is 13,355. Norton is 11,862.
11,8622nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Dudley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 92.5%. Norton is 0.0%.
0%fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Dudley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 89.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.8%. Norton is 98.9%.
98.9%6th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Dudley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 2.3% to 7.6%. The middle area is 4.3%. Norton is 2.6%.
2.6%4th lowest

Is Norton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Norton at a rate of 40.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.9 per 1,000 people across Dudley.

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

In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Norton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (172), other crime (89) and shoplifting (68).

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 Dudley

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

Average house price
£232,196
Up 3.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,486
83rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.2
103rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Norton in brief

Norton had 11,862 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Norton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Norton, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Norton, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.