# Atherstone

Town in North Warwickshire, West Midlands.

Atherstone is a town in North Warwickshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 101.1 per 1,000 people. About 8,854 people.

Town. Code E63002733. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire)

Atherstone is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Atherstone add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Atherstone was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 230th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,666** (2021). Atherstone had 8,666 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 119th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 35%** (2022). About 35% of people in Atherstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.4%** (January 2026). In Atherstone, 77.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002733) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 35% of people in Atherstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63002733) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 127 homes were sold in Atherstone in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002733) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Atherstone.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002733) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Atherstone had 8,666 usual residents at the census.

## How Atherstone compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Atherstone | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | joint 6th cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 8,666 | 9th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 35% | joint 31st fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 77.4% | lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Atherstone safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Atherstone at a rate of 101.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Atherstone.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), anti-social behaviour (158) and other crime (120).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Atherstone was 85.0 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Atherstone, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Atherstone has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Atherstone

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Warwickshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/neighbourhood/e01031009) | 2,189 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.3% |
| [North Warwickshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/neighbourhood/e01031010) | 1,981 | 198.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 59.4% |
| [North Warwickshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/neighbourhood/e01031011) | 2,238 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.2% |
| [North Warwickshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/neighbourhood/e01031012) | 1,509 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.2% |
| [North Warwickshire 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/neighbourhood/e01031013) | 1,019 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |

## Your MP

- [North Warwickshire and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-warwickshire-and-bedworth): Rachel Taylor (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire)

## Postcode districts covering Atherstone

[CV9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv9)

## Middle areas in Atherstone

[Atherstone](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire/atherstone)

## Towns near Atherstone

[Polesworth and Dordon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/polesworth-and-dordon), [Nuneaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuneaton), [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth), [Hinckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hinckley), [Fazeley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fazeley), [Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedworth)

## Atherstone in brief

Atherstone is a town in North Warwickshire, West Midlands.
About 8,854 people lived in Atherstone in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 127 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Atherstone was £200,000 in 2025.
Atherstone had 8,666 usual residents at the census.
About 35% of people in Atherstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Atherstone, 77.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002733
- Constituency: [North Warwickshire and Bedworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-warwickshire-and-bedworth)
- Council: [North Warwickshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.85 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,854*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 29

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Polesworth and Dordon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/polesworth-and-dordon), [Nuneaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuneaton), [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth), [Hinckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hinckley), [Fazeley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fazeley), [Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedworth)

## Latest updates for Atherstone

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002733

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherstone