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New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater

Town

Town in Runnymede and Woking, South East.

New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£535,000
Joint 60th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
33,035
340th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater compares

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

New Haw, West Byfleet and SheerwaterMiddle
Median sale price209 towns, South East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South East209 areas from £215,500 to £1,300,000. The middle area is £393,500. New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is £535,000.
£535,000joint 29th most expensive
Population209 towns, South East · 2021
Population: every town in South East209 areas from 7,523 to 277,096. The middle area is 20,220. New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is 33,035.
33,03563rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares209 towns, South East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South East209 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage209 towns, South East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South East209 areas from 64.6% to 99.6%. The middle area is 90.4%. New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is 90.6%.
90.6%joint 100th highest

Is New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater at a rate of 52.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.

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

In August 2026 alone, 143 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (617), other crime (357) and anti-social behaviour (343).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater was 51.7 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 New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Runnymede 007G1,75450.4 per 1,000898.9%
Runnymede 008B1,42441.0 per 1,000781.8%
Runnymede 008D1,51064.4 per 1,000987.2%
Runnymede 009C2,72545.1 per 1,000691.7%
Runnymede 009D2,02068.1 per 1,000990.5%
Runnymede 010A1,71277.3 per 1,000697.4%
Runnymede 010B1,37330.9 per 1,000999.3%
Runnymede 010C1,42995.3 per 1,000993.5%
Runnymede 010D1,29347.2 per 1,0001099.2%
Runnymede 010E1,35547.9 per 1,000790.1%
Runnymede 010F1,21410.9 per 1,0001096.9%
Runnymede 010G1,56247.0 per 1,000899.3%
Woking 002A1,52320.5 per 1,0001089.1%
Woking 002B1,86925.0 per 1,0001094.3%
Woking 002C1,75641.4 per 1,0001096.4%
Woking 002D1,92545.6 per 1,0001096.7%
Woking 002E2,25964.7 per 1,000884.1%
Woking 003C1,51760.5 per 1,0001085.1%
Woking 004E2,24056.1 per 1,000498.5%
Woking 006D1,47340.1 per 1,000888.9%

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Councils New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater sits in2

Postcode districts covering New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater5

Middle areas in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater2

Towns near New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater6

New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater in brief

New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater is a town in Runnymede and Woking, South East.

About 33,879 people lived in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £535,000 in 2025 across 465 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater was £535,000 in 2025.

New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater had 33,035 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.