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Whitton

Ward

North Ipswich. About 8,482 people in 3.6 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 Whitton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,287
Joint 3,261st 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
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Whitton compares

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

WhittonMiddle
Population16 wards, Ipswich · 2021
Population: every ward in Ipswich16 areas from 6,773 to 10,696. The middle area is 8,665. Whitton is 8,287.
8,2876th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Ipswich · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ipswich16 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 87.5%. Whitton is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Ipswich · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ipswich16 areas from 86.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.4%. Whitton is 99.5%.
99.5%joint 3rd highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Ipswich · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ipswich16 areas from 1.8% to 6.8%. The middle area is 4.3%. Whitton is 4.3%.
4.3%8th highest

Is Whitton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whitton at a rate of 85.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across Ipswich.

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

In August 2026 alone, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whitton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (313), shoplifting (135) and other crime (106).

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 Ipswich

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

Average house price
£221,445
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,660
114th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.5
Joint 75th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Whitton in brief

Whitton had 8,287 usual residents at the census.

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

In Whitton, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Whitton, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.