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Wiston

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East Pembrokeshire. About 1,996 people in 88 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Wiston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
1,959
Joint 253rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
61.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wiston compares

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

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Population59 wards, Pembrokeshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Pembrokeshire59 areas from 1,306 to 3,686. The middle area is 2,017. Wiston is 1,959.
1,95924th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares59 wards, Pembrokeshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Pembrokeshire59 areas from 82.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Wiston is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage59 wards, Pembrokeshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Pembrokeshire59 areas from 7.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 79.5%. Wiston is 61.7%.
61.7%joint 22nd lowest
Claimant rate59 wards, Pembrokeshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Pembrokeshire59 areas from 1.2% to 7.3%. The middle area is 3.0%. Wiston is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 15th lowest

Is Wiston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wiston at a rate of 34.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 90.1 per 1,000 people across Pembrokeshire.

Across Wales as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.7 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wiston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (38), other crime (13) and criminal damage and arson (9).

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 Pembrokeshire

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

Average house price
£208,615
Down 4.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,438
108th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
125,849
Up 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Wiston in brief

Wiston had 1,959 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Wiston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wiston, 61.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wiston, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.