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Romsey Abbey

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South Test Valley. About 5,464 people in 5.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 10% of people in Romsey Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,389
3,068th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
10%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Romsey Abbey compares

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

Romsey AbbeyMiddle
Population20 wards, Test Valley · 2021
Population: every ward in Test Valley20 areas from 2,392 to 10,223. The middle area is 6,425. Romsey Abbey is 5,389.
5,3896th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Test Valley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Test Valley20 areas from 0.0% to 80.0%. The middle area is 19.5%. Romsey Abbey is 10.0%.
10%9th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Test Valley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Test Valley20 areas from 24.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 81.5%. Romsey Abbey is 83.1%.
83.1%10th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Test Valley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Test Valley20 areas from 1.1% to 3.1%. The middle area is 1.7%. Romsey Abbey is 2.8%.
2.8%2nd highest

Is Romsey Abbey safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Romsey Abbey at a rate of 84.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across Test Valley.

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

In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Romsey Abbey.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (152), shoplifting (104) and other crime (90).

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 Test Valley

These figures are published for the whole of Test Valley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Test Valley and not Romsey Abbey alone. See Test Valley

Average house price
£368,131
Down 0.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,576
128th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.1×
Joint 85th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.2
Joint 49th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Romsey Abbey in brief

Romsey Abbey had 5,389 usual residents at the census.

About 10% of people in Romsey Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Romsey Abbey, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

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