# Neston Town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West. Neston is a town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West. Median sale price £283,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 46.6 per 1,000 people. About 15,122 people. Town. Code E63001524. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) Neston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Neston 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: £283,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Neston was £283,000 in 2025. 473rd 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/neston#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 14,963** (2021). Neston had 14,963 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 509th 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/neston#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 9%** (2022). About 9% of people in Neston 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/neston#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.1%** (January 2026). In Neston, 93.1% 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/neston#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001524) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 9% of people in Neston 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=E63001524) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 239 homes were sold in Neston in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001524) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Neston. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001524) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Neston had 14,963 usual residents at the census. ## How Neston compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Neston | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £283,000 | 29th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 14,963 | 48th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 9% | 63rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.1% | joint 35th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Neston safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Neston at a rate of 46.6 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, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Neston. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (311), other crime (112) and anti-social behaviour (94). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Neston was 49.3 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 Neston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Neston has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Neston | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cheshire West and Chester 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018534) | 2,480 | 121.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.3% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018535) | 1,665 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.3% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018536) | 1,720 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018537) | 2,046 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.0% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018532) | 1,884 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018533) | 1,460 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018544) | 1,425 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.0% | | [Cheshire West and Chester 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018545) | 1,867 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% | ## Your MP - [Chester North and Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-north-and-neston): Samantha Dixon (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 [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) ## Postcode districts covering Neston [CH64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch64) ## Middle areas in Neston [Little Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/little-neston), [Neston & Parkgate](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neston-and-parkgate) ## Towns near Neston [Heswall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall), [Bebington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bebington), [Connah's Quay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/connahs-quay), [Flint](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flint), [Ellesmere Port](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ellesmere-port), [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birkenhead) ## Neston in brief Neston is a town in Cheshire West and Chester, North West. About 15,122 people lived in Neston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £283,000 in 2025 across 239 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Neston was £283,000 in 2025. Neston had 14,963 usual residents at the census. About 9% of people in Neston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Neston, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001524 - Constituency: [Chester North and Neston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-north-and-neston) - 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: 5.07 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,122* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 52 * 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 [Heswall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall), [Bebington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bebington), [Connah's Quay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/connahs-quay), [Flint](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flint), [Ellesmere Port](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ellesmere-port), [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birkenhead) ## Latest updates for Neston - 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/E63001524 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/neston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/neston#f-house-sales-median-price. 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