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Sherwood

Ward

North west Tunbridge Wells. About 10,093 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
9,393
2,737th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sherwood compares

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

SherwoodMiddle
Population14 wards, Tunbridge Wells · 2021
Population: every ward in Tunbridge Wells14 areas from 3,690 to 9,995. The middle area is 8,535. Sherwood is 9,393.
9,3933rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Tunbridge Wells · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tunbridge Wells14 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Sherwood is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Tunbridge Wells · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tunbridge Wells14 areas from 58.2% to 98.2%. The middle area is 80.8%. Sherwood is 88.0%.
88.0%4th highest
Claimant rate14 wards, Tunbridge Wells · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tunbridge Wells14 areas from 1.7% to 3.2%. The middle area is 2.5%. Sherwood is 3.1%.
3.1%4th highest

Is Sherwood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sherwood at a rate of 89.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.3 per 1,000 people across Tunbridge Wells.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sherwood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (320), anti-social behaviour (227) and other crime (143).

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.

Figures for the whole of Tunbridge Wells

These figures are published for the whole of Tunbridge Wells, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tunbridge Wells and not Sherwood alone. See Tunbridge Wells

Average house price
£452,845
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£47,896
24th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.5×
Joint 66th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.9
Joint 77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Sherwood in brief

Sherwood had 9,393 usual residents at the census.

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

In Sherwood, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sherwood, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.