# Warminster Town in Wiltshire, South West. Warminster is a town in Wiltshire, South West. Median sale price £285,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 69.2 per 1,000 people. About 18,597 people. Town. Code E63005708. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) Warminster is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Warminster 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: £285,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Warminster was £285,000 in 2025. Joint 460th 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/warminster#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 18,018** (2021). Warminster had 18,018 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 593rd 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/warminster#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in Warminster 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/warminster#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.9%** (January 2026). In Warminster, 89.9% 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/warminster#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005708) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in Warminster 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=E63005708) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 322 homes were sold in Warminster in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005708) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Warminster. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005708) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Warminster had 18,018 usual residents at the census. ## How Warminster compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Warminster | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £285,000 | joint 55th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 18,018 | 45th most populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 14th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.9% | 56th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Warminster safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Warminster at a rate of 69.2 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, 109 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Warminster. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (443), anti-social behaviour (259) and other crime (205). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Warminster was 84.4 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 Warminster, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Warminster has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Warminster | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wiltshire 042A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032104) | 1,530 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% | | [Wiltshire 042B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032105) | 1,456 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% | | [Wiltshire 042C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032107) | 1,307 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% | | [Wiltshire 042D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032108) | 1,296 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.1% | | [Wiltshire 043A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032110) | 2,384 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% | | [Wiltshire 043B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032111) | 1,303 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.0% | | [Wiltshire 043C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032112) | 1,440 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% | | [Wiltshire 043D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032113) | 1,344 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% | | [Wiltshire 044A](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032103) | 1,696 | 247.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.5% | | [Wiltshire 044B](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032106) | 1,500 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% | | [Wiltshire 044C](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032109) | 1,430 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% | | [Wiltshire 044D](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/neighbourhood/e01032114) | 1,491 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.6% | ## Your MP - [South West Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-wiltshire): Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative), 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 Warminster [BA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ba12) ## Middle areas in Warminster [Warminster Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-central), [Warminster East](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-east), [Warminster West & North](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire/warminster-west-and-north) ## Towns near Warminster [Westbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/westbury), [Frome](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frome), [Trowbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/trowbridge), [Bradford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford-on-avon), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-dorset), [Melksham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/melksham) ## Warminster in brief Warminster is a town in Wiltshire, South West. About 18,597 people lived in Warminster in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 322 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Warminster was £285,000 in 2025. Warminster had 18,018 usual residents at the census. About 7% of people in Warminster live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Warminster, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005708 - Constituency: [South West Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-wiltshire) - Council: [Wiltshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.31 km² - People, mid-2024: 18,597* - Neighbourhoods: 12 - Output areas: 60 * 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 [Westbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/westbury), [Frome](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frome), [Trowbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/trowbridge), [Bradford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford-on-avon), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-dorset), [Melksham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/melksham) ## Latest updates for Warminster - 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/E63005708 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/warminster, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/warminster#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/warminster