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Walton

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North Stafford. About 7,805 people in 3.5 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 Walton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,051
3,996th 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
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Walton compares

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

WaltonMiddle
Population23 wards, Stafford · 2021
Population: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 2,821 to 10,231. The middle area is 6,501. Walton is 7,051.
7,0514th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Stafford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 8.0%. Walton is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Stafford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 47.2% to 99.7%. The middle area is 92.9%. Walton is 98.3%.
98.3%7th highest
Claimant rate23 wards, Stafford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 1.3% to 6.3%. The middle area is 2.1%. Walton is 2.3%.
2.3%11th highest

Is Walton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Walton at a rate of 66.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.5 per 1,000 people across Stafford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Walton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (241), anti-social behaviour (91) and other crime (88).

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 Stafford

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

Average house price
£258,024
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,726
147th highest 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
13.9
Joint 77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Walton in brief

Walton had 7,051 usual residents at the census.

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

In Walton, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Walton, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.