# Royal Wootton Bassett Town in Wiltshire, South West. Royal Wootton Bassett is a town in Wiltshire, South West. Median sale price £299,975 in 2025. Recorded crime 58.7 per 1,000 people. About 13,160 people. Town. Code E63004888. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £299,975** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Royal Wootton Bassett was £299,975 in 2025. 424th 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/royal-wootton-bassett#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,002** (2021). Royal Wootton Bassett had 13,002 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 408th least 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/royal-wootton-bassett#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 32%** (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. 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/royal-wootton-bassett#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.1%** (January 2026). In Royal Wootton Bassett, 93.1% 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/royal-wootton-bassett#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004888) (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. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004888) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 200 homes were sold in Royal Wootton Bassett in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004888) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Royal Wootton Bassett. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004888) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Royal Wootton Bassett had 13,002 usual residents at the census. ## How Royal Wootton Bassett compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Royal Wootton Bassett | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £299,975 | 50th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 13,002 | 47th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 32% | joint 26th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.1% | joint 33rd highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Royal Wootton Bassett | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wiltshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031963) | 2,151 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% | | [Wiltshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031964) | 1,945 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% | | [Wiltshire 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031967) | 2,202 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% | | [Wiltshire 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031969) | 1,367 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [Wiltshire 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031965) | 1,385 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% | | [Wiltshire 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031966) | 2,807 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% | | [Wiltshire 007H](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01031968) | 1,713 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% | ## 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 Royal Wootton Bassett [SN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn4) ## Middle areas in Royal Wootton Bassett [Royal Wootton Bassett Town](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/royal-wootton-bassett-town) ## Towns near Royal Wootton Bassett [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon), [Stratton St Margaret](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stratton-st-margaret), [Calne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne), [Highworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/highworth), [Marlborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/marlborough), [Chippenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chippenham) ## 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. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004888 - 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: 3.34 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,160* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 42 * 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 [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon), [Stratton St Margaret](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stratton-st-margaret), [Calne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/calne), [Highworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/highworth), [Marlborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/marlborough), [Chippenham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chippenham) ## Latest updates for Royal Wootton Bassett - 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/E63004888 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett#f-house-sales-median-price. 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