Norton South & Preston Brook
WardSouth east Halton. About 7,200 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Norton South & Preston Brook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Norton South & Preston Brook compares
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Is Norton South & Preston Brook safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Norton South & Preston Brook at a rate of 83.0 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, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Norton South & Preston Brook.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (320), other crime (107) and anti-social behaviour (35).
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 Norton South & Preston Brook alone. See Halton
Norton South & Preston Brook in brief
Norton South & Preston Brook had 7,147 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Norton South & Preston Brook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Norton South & Preston Brook, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Norton South & Preston Brook, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.