Great Sankey South
WardWest Warrington. About 11,521 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 37% of people in Great Sankey South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Sankey South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Sankey South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Sankey South at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.6 per 1,000 people across Warrington.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 35 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Sankey South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (309), other crime (120) and anti-social behaviour (40).
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.
Figures for the whole of Warrington
These figures are published for the whole of Warrington, not for each ward, so they describe all of Warrington and not Great Sankey South alone. See Warrington
Great Sankey South in brief
Great Sankey South had 11,301 usual residents at the census.
About 37% of people in Great Sankey South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Sankey South, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Great Sankey South, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.