Myton
Suburb · 213 residents
69Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Property market scores 80, well above the typical 60
- Schools scores 75, well above the typical 60
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- Road noise reaches 74% of the area
- Health scores 28, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Myton
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Myton a good place to live?
Myton scores 69/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for property market (80) and schools (75).
It scores lowest on health (28).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Myton in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Myton
Myton's streets are a mix of Victorian terraces and older townhouses close to the River Avon, the sort of setting that draws people who want a period property without the tourist crush of central Warwick itself. It reads as settled rather than showy — well-kept frontages, cars that suggest professional incomes, and a quietness that has more to do with residential zoning than any lack of life.
The property mix here leans towards flats, but freehold ownership still dominates, which tells you something about the kind of buyer this attracts: people wanting a slice of a Warwick address without committing to a full house, or downsizers keen to stay local. At a median sale price of £407,500, Myton sits noticeably above both the Warwick district average and the national figure — this is a pricier corner of an already comfortable district, and the flats alone are selling for well above the national median for that property type. Schooling in the area draws on the independent sector — King's High School and Warwick School among them — which fits a household income picture that's mixed: the area sits in the more comfortable half of the country for general deprivation, yet lower on the income scale specifically, suggesting a fair number of retirees or those living on assets rather than salary.
The River Avon and the green space that follows it give Myton its outdoor rhythm — this is a place for walking rather than destination days out, and the population density, higher than the regional average, means you're never far from a path or a bench even if the garden itself is small. Health outcomes here read well, in line with the strong overall grading across environment and wellbeing, and the mild worry is safety: violence and sexual offences make up over a quarter of local crime, more than anti-social behaviour or theft combined, which is the one figure worth sitting with even as the broader safety grade holds steady at a respectable level. It's not an alarming picture, but it's the outlier against an otherwise consistent set of high marks.