Norton Canes
TownTown in Cannock Chase, West Midlands.
Norton Canes is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Norton Canes 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Norton Canes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Norton Canes compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Norton Canes safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Norton Canes at a rate of 73.2 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, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Norton Canes.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (269), other crime (111) and anti-social behaviour (89).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Norton Canes was 70.5 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 Norton Canes, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Norton Canes has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Norton Canes
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase 013A | 1,513 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Cannock Chase 013B | 2,567 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Cannock Chase 013C | 1,609 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Cannock Chase 013D | 2,632 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
Your MP
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Norton Canes1
Middle areas in Norton Canes1
Towns near Norton Canes6
Norton Canes in brief
Norton Canes is a town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands.
About 9,164 people lived in Norton Canes in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £268,750 in 2025 across 135 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Norton Canes was £268,750 in 2025.
Norton Canes had 8,155 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Norton Canes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Norton Canes, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.