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Sherston

Ward

North west Wiltshire. About 5,128 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 88 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Sherston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,120
Joint 2,849th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
44.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sherston compares

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

SherstonMiddle
Population98 wards, Wiltshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 2,790 to 7,490. The middle area is 5,109. Sherston is 5,120.
5,12049th most 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%. Sherston is 80.0%.
80%24th 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%. Sherston is 44.1%.
44.1%10th 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%. Sherston is 1.1%.
1.1%joint 2nd lowest

Is Sherston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sherston at a rate of 27.5 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, 11 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sherston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (46), anti-social behaviour (25) and other crime (25).

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 Sherston 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
Sherston in brief

Sherston had 5,120 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Sherston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Sherston, 44.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sherston, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.