Compare

Upper Meon Valley

Ward

East Winchester. About 5,683 people in 152 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 61% of people in Upper Meon Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,582
3,231st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
61%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
50.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Upper Meon Valley compares

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

Upper Meon ValleyMiddle
Population16 wards, Winchester · 2021
Population: every ward in Winchester16 areas from 5,582 to 9,992. The middle area is 8,129. Upper Meon Valley is 5,582.
5,582least 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%. Upper Meon Valley is 61.0%.
61%6th 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%. Upper Meon Valley is 50.9%.
50.9%3rd 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%. Upper Meon Valley is 1.3%.
1.3%3rd lowest

Is Upper Meon Valley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Meon Valley at a rate of 36.4 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, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Meon Valley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (66), other crime (63) and criminal damage and arson (30).

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 Upper Meon Valley alone. See Winchester

Average house price
£463,025
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,766
42nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.1×
Joint 51st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.2
Joint 29th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Upper Meon Valley in brief

Upper Meon Valley had 5,582 usual residents at the census.

About 61% of people in Upper Meon Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Upper Meon Valley, 50.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Upper Meon Valley, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.