# Norton Canes Town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands. Norton Canes is a town in Cannock Chase, West Midlands. Median sale price £268,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 73.2 per 1,000 people. About 9,164 people. Town. Code E63002550. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £268,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Norton Canes was £268,750 in 2025. 523rd 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/norton-canes#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,155** (2021). Norton Canes had 8,155 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 73rd 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/norton-canes#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Norton Canes 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/norton-canes#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Norton Canes, 98.0% 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/norton-canes#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002550) (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. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002550) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 135 homes were sold in Norton Canes in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002550) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Norton Canes. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002550) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Norton Canes had 8,155 usual residents at the census. ## How Norton Canes compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Norton Canes | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £268,750 | 27th most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 8,155 | 4th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | joint 13th highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Norton Canes | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cannock Chase 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029394) | 1,513 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% | | [Cannock Chase 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029395) | 2,567 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% | | [Cannock Chase 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029396) | 1,609 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% | | [Cannock Chase 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/neighbourhood/e01029397) | 2,632 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% | ## 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 Norton Canes [WS11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws11) ## Middle areas in Norton Canes [Norton Canes](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase/norton-canes) ## Towns near Norton Canes [Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brownhills), [Burntwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burntwood), [Cannock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cannock), [Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-wyrley-and-cheslyn-hay), [Pelsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pelsall), [Bloxwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bloxwich) ## 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. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002550 - 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: 2.54 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,164* - Neighbourhoods: 4 - Output areas: 25 * 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 [Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brownhills), [Burntwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burntwood), [Cannock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cannock), [Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-wyrley-and-cheslyn-hay), [Pelsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pelsall), [Bloxwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bloxwich) ## Latest updates for Norton Canes - 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/E63002550 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-canes, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/norton-canes#f-house-sales-median-price. 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