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Calne Central

Ward

North west Wiltshire. About 5,210 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 97% of people in Calne Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,097
2,833rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
78.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Calne Central compares

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

Calne CentralMiddle
Population98 wards, Wiltshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 2,790 to 7,490. The middle area is 5,109. Calne Central is 5,097.
5,09749th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares98 wards, Wiltshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 35.5%. Calne Central is 97.0%.
97%15th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage98 wards, Wiltshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 13.5% to 99.4%. The middle area is 84.7%. Calne Central is 78.1%.
78.1%38th lowest
Claimant rate98 wards, Wiltshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 2.2%. Calne Central is 2.7%.
2.7%joint 25th highest

Is Calne Central safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Calne Central at a rate of 67.8 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, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Calne Central.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (126), anti-social behaviour (83) and other crime (50).

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 ward, so they describe all of Wiltshire and not Calne Central 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
Calne Central in brief

Calne Central had 5,097 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Calne Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Calne Central, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Calne Central, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.