# Cannock

Town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands.

Cannock is a town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands. Median sale price £228,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 87.6 per 1,000 people. About 65,298 people.

Town. Code E63002477. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase)

Cannock is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cannock 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: £228,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cannock was £228,000 in 2025. Joint 375th 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/cannock#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 63,057** (2021). Cannock had 63,057 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 172nd most 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/cannock#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in Cannock 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/cannock#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.4%** (January 2026). In Cannock, 96.4% 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/cannock#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002477) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 1% of people in Cannock 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=E63002477) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 958 homes were sold in Cannock in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002477) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Cannock.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002477) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cannock had 63,057 usual residents at the census.

## How Cannock compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Cannock | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £228,000 | 31st cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 63,057 | 20th most populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 1% | 10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.4% | joint 32nd highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Cannock safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cannock at a rate of 87.6 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, 503 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cannock.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,616), other crime (918) and anti-social behaviour (843).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Cannock was 83.1 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 Cannock, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cannock has no single figure. Of its 39 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Cannock

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cannock Chase 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029383) | 1,900 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029385) | 1,555 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029388) | 1,370 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.7% |
| [Cannock Chase 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029390) | 1,044 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029386) | 1,432 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029387) | 1,445 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Cannock Chase 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029389) | 1,658 | 296.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| [Cannock Chase 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01034097) | 1,162 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01034098) | 2,356 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029379) | 1,743 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [Cannock Chase 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029354) | 1,472 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029355) | 1,404 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029356) | 1,454 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029357) | 1,673 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Cannock Chase 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029358) | 1,342 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029349) | 1,375 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029350) | 1,506 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029351) | 1,572 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029352) | 1,284 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| [Cannock Chase 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029393) | 1,571 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Cannock Chase 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029380) | 1,449 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029381) | 1,419 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029382) | 1,666 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029391) | 1,695 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [Cannock Chase 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029392) | 2,150 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| [Cannock Chase 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029375) | 2,386 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
| [Cannock Chase 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029376) | 1,748 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Cannock Chase 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029377) | 1,370 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| [Cannock Chase 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029378) | 1,629 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| [Cannock Chase 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029353) | 1,363 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [Cannock Chase 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029364) | 1,649 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Cannock Chase 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029365) | 1,530 | 180.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| [Cannock Chase 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029366) | 1,717 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| [Cannock Chase 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029367) | 2,213 | 162.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.8% |
| [Cannock Chase 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029359) | 2,393 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.1% |
| [Cannock Chase 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029360) | 1,520 | 357.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.6% |
| [Cannock Chase 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029361) | 1,399 | 135.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| [Cannock Chase 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029362) | 1,645 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| [Cannock Chase 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029363) | 1,343 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cannock-chase): Josh Newbury (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

[Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase)

## Postcode districts covering Cannock

[WS11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws11), [WS12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws12)

## Middle areas in Cannock

[Cannock North](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/cannock-north), [Cannock North East](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/cannock-north-east), [Cannock South](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/cannock-south), [Cannock West & Mill Green](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/cannock-west-and-mill-green), [Hawks Green](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/hawks-green), [Hednesford Central](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/hednesford-central), [Hednesford Pye Green](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/hednesford-pye-green), [Hednesford South & Heath Hayes](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/hednesford-south-and-heath-hayes)

## Towns near Cannock

[Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-wyrley-and-cheslyn-hay), [Norton Canes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-canes), [Burntwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burntwood), [Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brownhills), [Penkridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penkridge), [Rugeley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rugeley)

## Cannock in brief

Cannock is a town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands.
About 65,298 people lived in Cannock in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £228,000 in 2025 across 958 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Cannock was £228,000 in 2025.
Cannock had 63,057 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in Cannock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cannock, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002477
- Constituency: [Cannock Chase †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cannock-chase)
- Council: [Cannock Chase †](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 17.91 km²
- People, mid-2024: 65,298*
- Neighbourhoods: 39
- Output areas: 205

* 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

[Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-wyrley-and-cheslyn-hay), [Norton Canes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-canes), [Burntwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burntwood), [Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brownhills), [Penkridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penkridge), [Rugeley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rugeley)

## Latest updates for Cannock

- 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/E63002477

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/cannock