Wickham Street & East Wickham
Middle areaWest Bexley. 7,035 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 33% of people in Wickham Street & East Wickham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Wickham Street & East Wickham
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wickham Street & East Wickham at a rate of 47.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 107 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 70 |
| Other crime | 55 |
| Vehicle crime | 34 |
| Burglary | 21 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 |
| Drug offences | 14 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 6 |
| Shoplifting | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Wickham Street & East Wickham compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wickham Street & East Wickham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wickham Street & East Wickham at a rate of 47.1 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, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wickham Street & East Wickham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (107), anti-social behaviour (70) and other crime (55).
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 Wickham Street & East Wickham alone. See Bexley
Wickham Street & East Wickham in brief
The median price paid for a home in Wickham Street & East Wickham was £485,000 in 2025.
Wickham Street & East Wickham had 6,624 usual residents at the census.
About 33% of people in Wickham Street & East Wickham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wickham Street & East Wickham, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.