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West Surrey Heath. About 5,813 people in 2.9 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 Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,250
Joint 2,950th least 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
78.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Town compares

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

TownMiddle
Population14 wards, Surrey Heath · 2021
Population: every ward in Surrey Heath14 areas from 4,907 to 10,340. The middle area is 6,270. Town is 5,250.
5,2504th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Surrey Heath · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Surrey Heath14 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Town is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Surrey Heath · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Surrey Heath14 areas from 75.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 94.7%. Town is 78.7%.
78.7%2nd lowest
Claimant rate14 wards, Surrey Heath · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Surrey Heath14 areas from 1.4% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.2%. Town is 3.2%.
3.2%3rd highest

Is Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Town at a rate of 116.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.4 per 1,000 people across Surrey Heath.

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

In August 2026 alone, 89 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (231), other crime (159) and anti-social behaviour (110).

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 Surrey Heath

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

Average house price
£457,988
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,633
74th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.5×
42nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.0
Joint 4th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Town in brief

Town had 5,250 usual residents at the census.

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

In Town, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Town, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.