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Trowbridge

Town

Town in Wiltshire, South West.

Trowbridge is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Trowbridge 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 34% of people in Trowbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£280,000
Joint 477th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
43,753
254th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
34%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Trowbridge compares

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

TrowbridgeMiddle
Median sale price116 towns, South West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South West116 areas from £195,000 to £448,750. The middle area is £286,875. Trowbridge is £280,000.
£280,000joint 50th cheapest
Population116 towns, South West · 2021
Population: every town in South West116 areas from 7,704 to 425,196. The middle area is 14,963. Trowbridge is 43,753.
43,75320th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares116 towns, South West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South West116 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Trowbridge is 34.0%.
34%29th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage116 towns, South West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South West116 areas from 28.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.3%. Trowbridge is 91.2%.
91.2%49th highest

Is Trowbridge safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Trowbridge at a rate of 93.3 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, 357 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Trowbridge.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,464), anti-social behaviour (872) and shoplifting (570).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Trowbridge was 93.5 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 Trowbridge, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Trowbridge has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Trowbridge

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wiltshire 030B2,85360.5 per 1,000785.4%
Wiltshire 030C1,51945.8 per 1,000798.7%
Wiltshire 030D1,91345.0 per 1,0001098.4%
Wiltshire 031A1,590101.9 per 1,000898.0%
Wiltshire 031C2,14889.6 per 1,000597.0%
Wiltshire 031D2,075159.8 per 1,000369.8%
Wiltshire 031E1,051710.3 per 1,000159.0%
Wiltshire 032B1,81540.7 per 1,000897.2%
Wiltshire 032C1,653182.3 per 1,000479.3%
Wiltshire 032D2,47250.7 per 1,000989.9%
Wiltshire 032E1,31654.9 per 1,000990.3%
Wiltshire 032F1,40643.4 per 1,000692.7%
Wiltshire 032G1,49335.1 per 1,000799.5%
Wiltshire 033A1,948117.1 per 1,000198.2%
Wiltshire 033B1,86124.8 per 1,0001098.5%
Wiltshire 033C1,61835.7 per 1,000799.8%
Wiltshire 035A1,44577.6 per 1,000993.9%
Wiltshire 035B2,47988.2 per 1,000395.6%
Wiltshire 035C2,407162.8 per 1,000496.2%
Wiltshire 035D1,78664.6 per 1,000994.2%
Wiltshire 036A1,46937.3 per 1,000999.2%
Wiltshire 036B1,44655.7 per 1,000598.7%
Wiltshire 036C1,45897.6 per 1,000592.4%
Wiltshire 036D1,17920.0 per 1,000798.8%

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Postcode districts covering Trowbridge1

Middle areas in Trowbridge6

Towns near Trowbridge6

Trowbridge in brief

Trowbridge is a town in Wiltshire, South West.

About 44,073 people lived in Trowbridge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 736 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Trowbridge was £280,000 in 2025.

Trowbridge had 43,753 usual residents at the census.

About 34% of people in Trowbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Trowbridge, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.