Dodleston
Village · 268 residents
72Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 90 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 15% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Dodleston a good place to live?
Dodleston scores 72/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (81) and safety (70).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Dodleston in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Dodleston
Dodleston sits well away from any main road hum — big detached houses on generous plots, the kind of place where you notice hedgerows more than pavements. Eighteen residents on the books tells you this is a data-thin corner of Cheshire, but everything that is here points the same way: comfortable, quiet, and largely left alone.
The housing stock does the talking. Of the recent sales here, detached houses dominate outright, every single one sold freehold, and the median price of £420,000 sits well above both the national figure and the wider North West. A "For Sale" board on one of these streets is advertising a family-sized freehold, not a starter flat — and the fact that local detached homes fetch £512,500 against a national detached median of £420,000 tells you buyers are paying a real premium for this particular patch of Cheshire, roughly 61% above the price typical for the surrounding authority. Schooling is limited to Dodleston CofE Primary on the doorstep, a small academy of around 70 pupils, with Eccleston CofE Primary and the independent King's School both within reach for those willing to travel a little further. There's no rail station listed for the village itself, so this reads as a driving life rather than a commuting one.
Green space is modest in raw hectares, but at this population density it goes a long way — you're not queuing for a bench. The crime picture needs a little care: the total offence count is small in absolute terms, but violence and sexual offences make up 41% of what's recorded, with anti-social behaviour and public order some way behind. Set against the parent authority's overall crime rate, Dodleston's figures look starkly elevated in the raw percentage comparison, which is the one grade in this file that doesn't match the calm, leafy picture everywhere else — worth reading as a quirk of small numbers in a village this size rather than a pattern, but worth asking a local about rather than dismissing outright. Broadband is solid, with the large majority of properties on full fibre, so working from one of those big houses is a realistic option.