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Mersey & Weston

Ward

South west Halton. About 8,165 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Mersey & Weston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,866
3,491st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Mersey & Weston compares

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

Mersey & WestonMiddle
Population18 wards, Halton · 2021
Population: every ward in Halton18 areas from 4,891 to 8,080. The middle area is 7,187. Mersey & Weston is 7,866.
7,8664th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Halton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Halton18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 91.5%. Mersey & Weston is 97.0%.
97%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Halton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Halton18 areas from 91.9% to 99.7%. The middle area is 96.1%. Mersey & Weston is 93.8%.
93.8%5th lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Halton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Halton18 areas from 1.2% to 7.0%. The middle area is 4.7%. Mersey & Weston is 4.4%.
4.4%9th lowest

Is Mersey & Weston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mersey & Weston at a rate of 105.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 91.1 per 1,000 people across Halton.

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

In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mersey & Weston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (481), other crime (260) and anti-social behaviour (124).

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 Halton

These figures are published for the whole of Halton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Halton and not Mersey & Weston alone. See Halton

Average house price
£194,727
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,187
70th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
31.1
Joint 31st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Mersey & Weston in brief

Mersey & Weston had 7,866 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Mersey & Weston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Mersey & Weston, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Mersey & Weston, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.