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Wembley Central

Ward

South west Brent. About 18,251 people in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Wembley Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
17,924
320th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wembley Central compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Wembley CentralMiddle
Population22 wards, Brent · 2021
Population: every ward in Brent22 areas from 7,548 to 21,854. The middle area is 15,885. Wembley Central is 17,924.
17,9245th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Brent · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Brent22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Wembley Central is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Brent · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Brent22 areas from 59.3% to 96.3%. The middle area is 88.6%. Wembley Central is 89.0%.
89.0%11th highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Brent · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Brent22 areas from 3.2% to 12.5%. The middle area is 6.3%. Wembley Central is 5.2%.
5.2%joint 5th lowest

Is Wembley Central safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wembley Central at a rate of 111.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 120.9 per 1,000 people across Brent.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 134 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wembley Central.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (582), other crime (345) and anti-social behaviour (308).

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 Brent

These figures are published for the whole of Brent, not for each ward, so they describe all of Brent and not Wembley Central alone. See Brent

Average house price
£546,135
Down 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,944
140th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
13.7×
9th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.0
41st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wembley Central in brief

Wembley Central had 17,924 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Wembley Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wembley Central, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wembley Central, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.