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Chippenham Pewsham

Middle area

North west Wiltshire. 6,573 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Chippenham Pewsham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£287,500
Joint 3,525th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,706
Joint 3,816th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Chippenham Pewsham

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chippenham Pewsham at a rate of 28.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Wiltshire.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences106
Anti-social behaviour30
Other crime27
Criminal damage and arson12
Burglary4
Shoplifting4
Vehicle crime3
Drug offences2
Theft from the person1
Robbery0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Chippenham Pewsham compares

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

Chippenham PewshamMiddle
Median sale price64 middle areas, Wiltshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Wiltshire64 areas from £216,250 to £571,250. The middle area is £340,000. Chippenham Pewsham is £287,500.
£287,50020th cheapest
Population64 middle areas, Wiltshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in Wiltshire64 areas from 5,038 to 13,999. The middle area is 7,646. Chippenham Pewsham is 6,706.
6,70618th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares64 middle areas, Wiltshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Wiltshire64 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 34.0%. Chippenham Pewsham is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage64 middle areas, Wiltshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Wiltshire64 areas from 23.6% to 99.6%. The middle area is 83.9%. Chippenham Pewsham is 96.2%.
96.2%11th highest

Is Chippenham Pewsham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chippenham Pewsham at a rate of 28.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Wiltshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chippenham Pewsham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (106), anti-social behaviour (30) and other crime (27).

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 Wiltshire

These figures are published for the whole of Wiltshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wiltshire and not Chippenham Pewsham alone. See Wiltshire

Average house price
£328,746
Up 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,811
151st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
Joint 98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.6
72nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Chippenham Pewsham in brief

The median price paid for a home in Chippenham Pewsham was £287,500 in 2025.

Chippenham Pewsham had 6,706 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Chippenham Pewsham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Chippenham Pewsham, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.