# Perton Town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. Perton is a town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £261,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 52.9 per 1,000 people. About 9,382 people. Town. Code E63002696. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) Perton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Perton 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: £261,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Perton was £261,000 in 2025. Joint 533rd 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/perton#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,302** (2021). Perton had 9,302 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 185th 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/perton#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Perton 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/perton#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Perton, 99.5% 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/perton#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002696) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Perton 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=E63002696) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 144 homes were sold in Perton in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002696) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Perton. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002696) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Perton had 9,302 usual residents at the census. ## How Perton compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Perton | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £261,000 | 32nd most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 9,302 | 12th 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 | 99.5% | highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Perton safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Perton at a rate of 52.9 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, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Perton. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (278), other crime (73) and anti-social behaviour (66). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Perton was 40.5 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 Perton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Perton has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - 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 Perton | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Staffordshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029665) | 1,670 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% | | [South Staffordshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029666) | 1,452 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% | | [South Staffordshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029661) | 1,916 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.7% | | [South Staffordshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029662) | 2,030 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% | | [South Staffordshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029663) | 1,392 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [South Staffordshire 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029664) | 1,453 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% | ## Your MP - [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), 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 [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) ## Postcode districts covering Perton [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6) ## Middle areas in Perton [Perton & Pattingham](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/perton-and-pattingham) ## Towns near Perton [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton), [Codsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/codsall), [Wombourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Bilston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bilston), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley) ## Perton in brief Perton is a town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. About 9,382 people lived in Perton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £261,000 in 2025 across 144 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Perton was £261,000 in 2025. Perton had 9,302 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Perton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Perton, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002696 - Constituency: [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire) - Council: [South Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 1.84 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,382* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 33 * 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 [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton), [Codsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/codsall), [Wombourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Bilston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bilston), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley) ## Latest updates for Perton - 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/E63002696 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/perton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/perton#f-house-sales-median-price. 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