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Wandsworth Town

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Central Wandsworth. About 18,935 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 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 Wandsworth Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
18,212
299th 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
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wandsworth Town compares

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

Wandsworth TownMiddle
Population22 wards, Wandsworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 5,395 to 19,184. The middle area is 16,655. Wandsworth Town is 18,212.
18,2123rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Wandsworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Wandsworth Town is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Wandsworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 71.7% to 99.1%. The middle area is 92.4%. Wandsworth Town is 93.0%.
93.0%10th highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Wandsworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 1.2% to 8.2%. The middle area is 3.6%. Wandsworth Town is 3.9%.
3.9%10th highest

Is Wandsworth Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wandsworth Town at a rate of 135.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Wandsworth.

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

In August 2026 alone, 197 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wandsworth Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (572), anti-social behaviour (558) and other crime (511).

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 Wandsworth

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

Average house price
£694,210
Down 5.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£54,584
3rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.7×
Joint 14th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.2
Joint 99th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wandsworth Town in brief

Wandsworth Town had 18,212 usual residents at the census.

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

In Wandsworth Town, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wandsworth Town, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.