Penketh and Cuerdley
WardWest Warrington. About 9,798 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in Penketh and Cuerdley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penketh and Cuerdley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Penketh and Cuerdley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penketh and Cuerdley at a rate of 28.7 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, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penketh and Cuerdley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (142), other crime (63) and criminal damage and arson (23).
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 Penketh and Cuerdley alone. See Warrington
Penketh and Cuerdley in brief
Penketh and Cuerdley had 9,877 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in Penketh and Cuerdley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penketh and Cuerdley, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penketh and Cuerdley, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.