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West Molesey

Town

Town in Elmbridge, South East.

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

Median sale price
£681,000
20th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
47,144
235th 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
96.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How West Molesey compares

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

West MoleseyMiddle
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. West Molesey is £681,000.
£681,0009th 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. West Molesey is 47,144.
47,14440th 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%. West Molesey 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%. West Molesey is 96.3%.
96.3%joint 27th highest

Is West Molesey safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Molesey at a rate of 49.9 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, 179 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Molesey.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (903), other crime (501) and anti-social behaviour (342).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in West Molesey was 47.4 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 West Molesey, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so West Molesey has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in West Molesey

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Elmbridge 001A1,65152.2 per 1,000985.5%
Elmbridge 001B1,64050.8 per 1,000999.7%
Elmbridge 001C1,61839.0 per 1,000796.2%
Elmbridge 001D1,44359.8 per 1,000999.2%
Elmbridge 002A1,72290.6 per 1,000993.8%
Elmbridge 002B1,97490.9 per 1,0001095.4%
Elmbridge 002C1,67933.8 per 1,0001098.9%
Elmbridge 002D1,59022.3 per 1,0001098.3%
Elmbridge 003A1,54251.3 per 1,000892.1%
Elmbridge 003B1,86037.8 per 1,000798.7%
Elmbridge 003C2,00866.4 per 1,000599.1%
Elmbridge 003D1,80476.9 per 1,000597.4%
Elmbridge 005A1,79755.0 per 1,0001096.7%
Elmbridge 005B1,59748.4 per 1,0001097.4%
Elmbridge 005C1,63054.3 per 1,000999.5%
Elmbridge 005D1,58517.1 per 1,0001099.3%
Elmbridge 006A1,84082.5 per 1,000898.7%
Elmbridge 006B1,37837.3 per 1,0001096.8%
Elmbridge 006C1,64344.4 per 1,0001098.7%
Elmbridge 006D1,62758.3 per 1,000998.0%
Elmbridge 009A1,98127.4 per 1,0001095.6%
Elmbridge 009B1,76845.6 per 1,0001091.9%
Elmbridge 009C1,59033.2 per 1,0001097.3%
Elmbridge 009E1,67235.5 per 1,0001095.7%
Elmbridge 015A1,81428.3 per 1,0001093.5%
Elmbridge 015B2,12748.8 per 1,0001095.3%
Elmbridge 015C1,63445.3 per 1,000892.7%
Elmbridge 015D1,68834.6 per 1,000997.1%

Your MP

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Council1

Postcode districts covering West Molesey4

Middle areas in West Molesey7

Towns near West Molesey6

West Molesey in brief

West Molesey is a town in Elmbridge, South East.

About 47,577 people lived in West Molesey in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £681,000 in 2025 across 737 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in West Molesey was £681,000 in 2025.

West Molesey had 47,144 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in West Molesey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In West Molesey, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.