Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
WardSouth west Chorley. About 9,516 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 42 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South at a rate of 62.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.8 per 1,000 people across Chorley.
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 Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (312), other crime (132) and anti-social behaviour (77).
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 Chorley
These figures are published for the whole of Chorley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chorley and not Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South alone. See Chorley
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South in brief
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South had 9,552 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.