Eston
WardWest Redcar and Cleveland. About 7,428 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in Eston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Eston compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Eston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eston at a rate of 218.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 135.8 per 1,000 people across Redcar and Cleveland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 158 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (522), shoplifting (360) and other crime (262).
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 Redcar and Cleveland
These figures are published for the whole of Redcar and Cleveland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Redcar and Cleveland and not Eston alone. See Redcar and Cleveland
Eston in brief
Eston had 7,418 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in Eston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Eston, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Eston, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.