Compare

Weeping Cross & Wildwood

Ward

South east Stafford. About 6,624 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 65% of people in Weeping Cross & Wildwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,448
Joint 3,946th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
65%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Weeping Cross & Wildwood compares

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

Weeping Cross & WildwoodMiddle
Population23 wards, Stafford · 2021
Population: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 2,821 to 10,231. The middle area is 6,501. Weeping Cross & Wildwood is 6,448.
6,44811th least 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%. Weeping Cross & Wildwood is 65.0%.
65%4th most 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%. Weeping Cross & Wildwood is 98.6%.
98.6%6th 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%. Weeping Cross & Wildwood is 1.3%.
1.3%joint lowest

Is Weeping Cross & Wildwood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Weeping Cross & Wildwood at a rate of 30.0 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, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Weeping Cross & Wildwood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (62), anti-social behaviour (36) and other crime (17).

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 Weeping Cross & Wildwood alone. See Stafford

Average house price
£260,446
Up 3.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,726
147th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 136th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.9
Joint 77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Weeping Cross & Wildwood in brief

Weeping Cross & Wildwood had 6,448 usual residents at the census.

About 65% of people in Weeping Cross & Wildwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Weeping Cross & Wildwood, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Weeping Cross & Wildwood, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.