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Raynes Park

Ward

West Merton. About 12,624 people in 1.9 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 Raynes Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,299
1,501st 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
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Raynes Park compares

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

Raynes ParkMiddle
Population20 wards, Merton · 2021
Population: every ward in Merton20 areas from 5,608 to 12,968. The middle area is 11,355. Raynes Park is 12,299.
12,2992nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Merton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Merton20 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Raynes Park is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Merton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Merton20 areas from 81.6% to 99.8%. The middle area is 95.9%. Raynes Park is 96.8%.
96.8%7th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Merton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Merton20 areas from 1.3% to 8.6%. The middle area is 3.7%. Raynes Park is 2.8%.
2.8%6th lowest

Is Raynes Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Raynes Park at a rate of 60.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.1 per 1,000 people across Merton.

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

In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Raynes Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (217), anti-social behaviour (166) and other crime (144).

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 Merton

These figures are published for the whole of Merton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Merton and not Raynes Park alone. See Merton

Average house price
£615,890
Down 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£50,844
12th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.1×
Joint 20th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Raynes Park in brief

Raynes Park had 12,299 usual residents at the census.

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

In Raynes Park, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Raynes Park, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.