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Western Commons

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West Waverley. About 4,883 people in 53 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 32% of people in Western Commons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,776
2,549th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
32%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
32.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Western Commons compares

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

Western CommonsMiddle
Population24 wards, Waverley · 2021
Population: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 2,565 to 8,902. The middle area is 5,298. Western Commons is 4,776.
4,7768th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Waverley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 17.0%. Western Commons is 32.0%.
32%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Waverley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 26.3% to 95.1%. The middle area is 72.7%. Western Commons is 32.4%.
32.4%2nd lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Waverley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Waverley24 areas from 0.3% to 2.8%. The middle area is 2.2%. Western Commons is 1.8%.
1.8%10th lowest

Is Western Commons safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Western Commons at a rate of 41.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 43.1 per 1,000 people across Waverley.

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

In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Western Commons.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (77), anti-social behaviour (53) and other crime (40).

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 Waverley

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

Average house price
£553,429
Down 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,769
16th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.1×
Joint 31st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.1
Joint 7th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Western Commons in brief

Western Commons had 4,776 usual residents at the census.

About 32% of people in Western Commons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Western Commons, 32.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Western Commons, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.