Northwich Witton
WardNorth east Cheshire West and Chester. About 5,303 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Northwich Witton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Northwich Witton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Northwich Witton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Northwich Witton at a rate of 101.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 72.9 per 1,000 people across Cheshire West and Chester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Northwich Witton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (103) and shoplifting (59).
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 Cheshire West and Chester
These figures are published for the whole of Cheshire West and Chester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cheshire West and Chester and not Northwich Witton alone. See Cheshire West and Chester
Northwich Witton in brief
Northwich Witton had 5,117 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Northwich Witton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Northwich Witton, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Northwich Witton, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.