# Darlaston Town in Walsall, West Midlands. Darlaston is a town in Walsall, West Midlands. Median sale price £185,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 103.0 per 1,000 people. About 22,640 people. Town. Code E63002757. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) Darlaston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Darlaston 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: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Darlaston was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 161st 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/darlaston#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 21,541** (2021). Darlaston had 21,541 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 504th 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/darlaston#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 49%** (2022). About 49% of people in Darlaston 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/darlaston#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.9%** (January 2026). In Darlaston, 97.9% 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/darlaston#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002757) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 49% of people in Darlaston 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=E63002757) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 129 homes were sold in Darlaston in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002757) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Darlaston. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002757) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Darlaston had 21,541 usual residents at the census. ## How Darlaston compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Darlaston | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £185,000 | 3rd cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 21,541 | 41st least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 49% | joint 40th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.9% | 16th highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Darlaston safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Darlaston at a rate of 103.0 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, 216 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Darlaston. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,106), other crime (393) and vehicle crime (247). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Darlaston was 97.4 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 Darlaston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Darlaston has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Darlaston | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sandwell 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01010086) | 1,761 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% | | [Walsall 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010263) | 1,616 | 240.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% | | [Walsall 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010264) | 2,027 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% | | [Walsall 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010265) | 2,033 | 121.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% | | [Walsall 036A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010262) | 1,796 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% | | [Walsall 036B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010309) | 2,218 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% | | [Walsall 036C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010311) | 2,773 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% | | [Walsall 036D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010316) | 1,706 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% | | [Walsall 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010310) | 2,168 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% | | [Walsall 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010312) | 1,796 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% | | [Walsall 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010313) | 1,527 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% | ## Your MP - [Wolverhampton South East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-south-east): Pat McFadden (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 [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) ## Postcode districts covering Darlaston [WS10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws10) ## Middle areas in Darlaston [Darlaston Central](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/darlaston-central), [Darlaston East](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/darlaston-east), [Darlaston West](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/darlaston-west) ## Towns near Darlaston [Willenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/willenhall), [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walsall), [Bilston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bilston), [Wednesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wednesbury), [Tipton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tipton), [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) ## Darlaston in brief Darlaston is a town in Walsall, West Midlands. About 22,640 people lived in Darlaston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 129 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Darlaston was £185,000 in 2025. Darlaston had 21,541 usual residents at the census. About 49% of people in Darlaston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Darlaston, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002757 - Constituency: [Wolverhampton South East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-south-east) - Council: [Walsall †](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.49 km² - People, mid-2024: 22,640* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 61 * 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 [Wednesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wednesbury), [Willenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/willenhall), [Bilston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bilston), [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walsall), [Tipton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tipton), [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) ## Latest updates for Darlaston - 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/E63002757 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/darlaston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/darlaston#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/darlaston