Royal Wootton Bassett
TownTown in Wiltshire, South West.
Royal Wootton Bassett is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Royal Wootton Bassett 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 32% of people in Royal Wootton Bassett live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Royal Wootton Bassett compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Royal Wootton Bassett safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Royal Wootton Bassett at a rate of 58.7 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, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Royal Wootton Bassett.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (351), anti-social behaviour (134) and other crime (114).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Royal Wootton Bassett was 49.1 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 Royal Wootton Bassett, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Royal Wootton Bassett has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Royal Wootton Bassett
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 006A | 2,151 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Wiltshire 006B | 1,945 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Wiltshire 006C | 2,202 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
| Wiltshire 006D | 1,367 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wiltshire 007F | 1,385 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| Wiltshire 007G | 2,807 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% |
| Wiltshire 007H | 1,713 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
Your MP
- Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratMP for Chippenham
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Royal Wootton Bassett1
Middle areas in Royal Wootton Bassett1
Towns near Royal Wootton Bassett6
Royal Wootton Bassett in brief
Royal Wootton Bassett is a town in Wiltshire, South West.
About 13,160 people lived in Royal Wootton Bassett in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £299,975 in 2025 across 200 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Royal Wootton Bassett was £299,975 in 2025.
Royal Wootton Bassett had 13,002 usual residents at the census.
About 32% of people in Royal Wootton Bassett live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Royal Wootton Bassett, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.