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Prenton

Ward

East Wirral. About 14,860 people in 3.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Prenton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
14,581
914th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Prenton compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

PrentonMiddle
Population22 wards, Wirral · 2021
Population: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 12,543 to 16,468. The middle area is 14,612. Prenton is 14,581.
14,58111th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Wirral · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Prenton is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Wirral · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 88.3% to 99.4%. The middle area is 97.1%. Prenton is 98.6%.
98.6%4th highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Wirral · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 1.0% to 8.4%. The middle area is 2.8%. Prenton is 3.0%.
3.0%10th highest

Is Prenton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Prenton at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Prenton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (380), other crime (156) and anti-social behaviour (58).

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 Wirral

These figures are published for the whole of Wirral, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wirral and not Prenton alone. See Wirral

Average house price
£221,849
Up 6.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,010
158th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.5
Joint 57th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Prenton in brief

Prenton had 14,581 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Prenton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Prenton, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Prenton, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.