# Frodsham

Town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

Frodsham is a town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 55.3 per 1,000 people. About 9,136 people.

Town. Code E63001535. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

Frodsham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Frodsham 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: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Frodsham was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 428th most expensive 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/frodsham#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,101** (2021). Frodsham had 9,101 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 162nd 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/frodsham#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 24%** (2022). About 24% of people in Frodsham 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/frodsham#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.1%** (January 2026). In Frodsham, 94.1% 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/frodsham#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001535) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 24% of people in Frodsham 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=E63001535) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 130 homes were sold in Frodsham in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001535) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Frodsham.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001535) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Frodsham had 9,101 usual residents at the census.

## How Frodsham compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Frodsham | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £295,000 | 26th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 9,101 | 13th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 24% | joint 75th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.1% | joint 47th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Frodsham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Frodsham at a rate of 55.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Frodsham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (217), other crime (120) and anti-social behaviour (67).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Frodsham was 60.2 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 Frodsham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Frodsham has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 Frodsham

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018685) | 1,322 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018686) | 1,482 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018687) | 1,305 | 9.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018688) | 1,557 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.9% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018689) | 1,390 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018690) | 2,123 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.8% |

## Your MP

- [Runcorn and Helsby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/runcorn-and-helsby): Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), MP since May 2025.

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

## Council

[Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

## Postcode districts covering Frodsham

[WA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa6)

## Middle areas in Frodsham

[Frodsham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/frodsham)

## Towns near Frodsham

[Runcorn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runcorn), [Widnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/widnes), [Ellesmere Port](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ellesmere-port), [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington), [Northwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northwich)

## Frodsham in brief

Frodsham is a town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.
About 9,136 people lived in Frodsham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 130 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Frodsham was £295,000 in 2025.
Frodsham had 9,101 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Frodsham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Frodsham, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001535
- Constituency: [Runcorn and Helsby †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/runcorn-and-helsby)
- Council: [Cheshire West and Chester †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.83 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,136*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 31

* 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

[Runcorn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runcorn), [Widnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/widnes), [Ellesmere Port](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ellesmere-port), [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington), [Northwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northwich)

## Latest updates for Frodsham

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001535

## How to cite

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

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