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Colden Common and Twyford

Ward

West Winchester. About 6,295 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 20 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 76% of people in Colden Common and Twyford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,994
3,582nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
76%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
66.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Colden Common and Twyford compares

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

Colden Common and TwyfordMiddle
Population16 wards, Winchester · 2021
Population: every ward in Winchester16 areas from 5,582 to 9,992. The middle area is 8,129. Colden Common and Twyford is 5,994.
5,9942nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Winchester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Winchester16 areas from 0.0% to 85.0%. The middle area is 40.5%. Colden Common and Twyford is 76.0%.
76%joint 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Winchester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Winchester16 areas from 5.9% to 99.8%. The middle area is 69.6%. Colden Common and Twyford is 66.9%.
66.9%joint 6th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Winchester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Winchester16 areas from 0.8% to 3.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Colden Common and Twyford is 2.1%.
2.1%7th highest

Is Colden Common and Twyford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colden Common and Twyford at a rate of 38.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.3 per 1,000 people across Winchester.

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

In August 2026 alone, 22 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colden Common and Twyford.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (87), violence and sexual offences (74) and criminal damage and arson (31).

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 Winchester

These figures are published for the whole of Winchester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Winchester and not Colden Common and Twyford alone. See Winchester

Average house price
£453,188
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,766
42nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.9×
Joint 56th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.2
Joint 29th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Colden Common and Twyford in brief

Colden Common and Twyford had 5,994 usual residents at the census.

About 76% of people in Colden Common and Twyford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Colden Common and Twyford, 66.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Colden Common and Twyford, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.