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Eckington

Ward

South west Wychavon. About 2,980 people in 34 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 78% of people in Eckington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,764
Joint 878th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
78%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
56.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
0.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Eckington compares

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

EckingtonMiddle
Population27 wards, Wychavon · 2021
Population: every ward in Wychavon27 areas from 2,701 to 8,670. The middle area is 5,424. Eckington is 2,764.
2,7643rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Wychavon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wychavon27 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 46.0%. Eckington is 78.0%.
78%4th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Wychavon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wychavon27 areas from 26.4% to 99.6%. The middle area is 79.7%. Eckington is 56.3%.
56.3%7th lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Wychavon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wychavon27 areas from 0.9% to 5.3%. The middle area is 2.4%. Eckington is 0.9%.
0.9%joint lowest

Is Eckington safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eckington at a rate of 34.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 64.5 per 1,000 people across Wychavon.

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

In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eckington.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (30), violence and sexual offences (29) and anti-social behaviour (15).

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 Wychavon

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

Average house price
£322,623
Up 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,175
99th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.9×
Joint 93rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.8
Joint 108th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Eckington in brief

Eckington had 2,764 usual residents at the census.

About 78% of people in Eckington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Eckington, 56.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Eckington, 0.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.