Welling
Middle areaWest Bexley. 10,516 people in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in Welling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Welling
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Welling at a rate of 86.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 227 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 200 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 155 |
| Other crime | 115 |
| Vehicle crime | 85 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 37 |
| Drug offences | 34 |
| Burglary | 31 |
| Robbery | 18 |
| Theft from the person | 8 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Welling compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Welling safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Welling at a rate of 86.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Welling.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (227), violence and sexual offences (200) and anti-social behaviour (155).
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 Bexley
These figures are published for the whole of Bexley, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bexley and not Welling alone. See Bexley
Welling in brief
The median price paid for a home in Welling was £472,500 in 2025.
Welling had 10,065 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in Welling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Welling, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.