Alton Area Guide | £430k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
1,355
Households
685
Crimes · Jun '26
17
685
Households
White Brit. · 97%
Ethnicity
Christian · 66%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
17
Crimes · Jun '26
£429,500
Median property price
66
Postcodes
685
Households
White Brit. · 97%
Ethnicity
Christian · 66%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
17
Crimes · Jun '26
£429,500
Median property price
66
Postcodes

Sold prices in Alton

England & Wales
Property sales · Alton
HM Land Registry · Alton
Average price
£392,751
YoY: +9.0%
Median price: £371,250
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Feb '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £275,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£713k£464k£216k
Feb '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25May '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Alton

England & Wales
Crime trends · Alton

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
13
YoY —
1470
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
1
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

17
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Alton

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Staffordshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Staffordshire Moorlands is the district council. School applications go through Staffordshire.

Apply for a primary place via Staffordshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Schools in Alton

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

View all schools in this area

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Amenities in Alton

GPs make up most of the mapped places

11 GPs · 5 Libraries · 4 Museums · 25 in all

  • GPs11
  • Libraries5
  • Museums4
  • Hospitals3
  • Universities2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Alton

Coordinates52.9804, -1.8960
Postcodes
66
Population (Census)
1,355
Households (Census)
685
Recorded crime · Jun '26
17

Demographics in Alton

Ethnicity

Total residents: 1,354
White Brit.96.5%
Other White1.1%
+ other · 2.4%

Religion

Total residents: 1,358
Christian65.7%
No religion27.5%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 0.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 1,355
50–6426.1%
35–4915.3%
65–7414.9%
75–8411.5%
25–347.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.6%

Households

Total households: 685
With dependent children85.7%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over14.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Alton

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 8.00 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 8.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Alton