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Staines

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North west Spelthorne. About 9,882 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.5 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 Staines live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,955
2,949th 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
85.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Staines compares

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

StainesMiddle
Population13 wards, Spelthorne · 2021
Population: every ward in Spelthorne13 areas from 6,474 to 9,669. The middle area is 7,742. Staines is 8,955.
8,9552nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Spelthorne · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Spelthorne13 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Staines is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Spelthorne · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Spelthorne13 areas from 84.5% to 98.2%. The middle area is 92.7%. Staines is 85.7%.
85.7%2nd lowest
Claimant rate13 wards, Spelthorne · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Spelthorne13 areas from 2.1% to 5.1%. The middle area is 3.1%. Staines is 4.5%.
4.5%3rd highest

Is Staines safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Staines at a rate of 222.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.8 per 1,000 people across Spelthorne.

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

In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Staines.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (614), other crime (533) and anti-social behaviour (406).

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 Spelthorne

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

Average house price
£439,609
Down 2.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,265
61st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.9×
Joint 56th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.9
Joint 94th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Staines in brief

Staines had 8,955 usual residents at the census.

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

In Staines, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Staines, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.