Watling
WardSouth east Swale. About 7,717 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Watling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Watling compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Watling safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Watling at a rate of 56.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Swale.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Watling.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (128), anti-social behaviour (82) and other crime (67).
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 Swale
These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each ward, so they describe all of Swale and not Watling alone. See Swale
Watling in brief
Watling had 6,767 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Watling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Watling, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Watling, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.