# Calne Town in Wiltshire, South West. Calne is a town in Wiltshire, South West. Median sale price £267,250 in 2025. Recorded crime 56.5 per 1,000 people. About 20,062 people. Town. Code E63005096. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) Calne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Calne add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £267,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Calne was £267,250 in 2025. Joint 530th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 19,725** (2021). Calne had 19,725 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 551st most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 90%** (2022). About 90% of people in Calne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.2%** (January 2026). In Calne, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005096) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 90% of people in Calne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005096) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 388 homes were sold in Calne in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005096) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Calne. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005096) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Calne had 19,725 usual residents at the census. ## How Calne compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Calne | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £267,250 | 37th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 19,725 | 39th most populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 90% | 54th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.2% | 51st lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Calne safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Calne at a rate of 56.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 122 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Calne. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (517), anti-social behaviour (230) and other crime (186). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Calne was 56.8 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Calne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Calne has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Calne | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wiltshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031895) | 2,572 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% | | [Wiltshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031896) | 1,457 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.3% | | [Wiltshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031897) | 1,973 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.0% | | [Wiltshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031898) | 1,803 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% | | [Wiltshire 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032690) | 1,875 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.3% | | [Wiltshire 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032691) | 1,435 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% | | [Wiltshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031901) | 1,392 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.1% | | [Wiltshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031902) | 1,837 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% | | [Wiltshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031903) | 2,260 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% | | [Wiltshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034524) | 1,221 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.4% | | [Wiltshire 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01034525) | 1,242 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.1% | ## Your MP - [Chippenham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chippenham): Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) ## Postcode districts covering Calne [SN11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn11) ## Middle areas in Calne [Calne North](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/calne-north), [Calne South](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/calne-south) ## Towns near Calne [Chippenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chippenham), [Devizes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/devizes), [Melksham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/melksham), [Corsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corsham), [Royal Wootton Bassett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett), [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon) ## Calne in brief Calne is a town in Wiltshire, South West. About 20,062 people lived in Calne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £267,250 in 2025 across 388 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Calne was £267,250 in 2025. Calne had 19,725 usual residents at the census. About 90% of people in Calne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Calne, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005096 - Constituency: [Chippenham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chippenham) - Council: [Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.86 km² - People, mid-2024: 20,062* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 63 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Chippenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chippenham), [Devizes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/devizes), [Melksham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/melksham), [Corsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/corsham), [Royal Wootton Bassett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett), [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon) ## Latest updates for Calne - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005096 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne#f-house-sales-median-price. 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