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Finchampstead

Middle area

South Wokingham. 9,645 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Finchampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£640,000
Joint 376th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,802
Joint 1,322nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Finchampstead

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Finchampstead at a rate of 27.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 44.6 per 1,000 people across Wokingham.

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 offences78
Other crime58
Shoplifting49
Anti-social behaviour29
Criminal damage and arson23
Burglary12
Vehicle crime12
Drug offences5
Robbery1
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Finchampstead compares

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

FinchampsteadMiddle
Median sale price20 middle areas, Wokingham · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Wokingham20 areas from £350,000 to £795,000. The middle area is £489,250. Finchampstead is £640,000.
£640,0002nd most expensive
Population20 middle areas, Wokingham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Wokingham20 areas from 5,527 to 13,192. The middle area is 8,764. Finchampstead is 9,802.
9,8025th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 middle areas, Wokingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Wokingham20 areas from 0.0% to 94.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Finchampstead is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 middle areas, Wokingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Wokingham20 areas from 81.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 94.3%. Finchampstead is 94.2%.
94.2%joint 9th lowest

Is Finchampstead safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Finchampstead at a rate of 27.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 44.6 per 1,000 people across Wokingham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Finchampstead.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (78), other crime (58) and shoplifting (49).

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 Wokingham

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

Average house price
£496,537
Down 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,222
7th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.5×
Joint 66th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
6.1
2nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Finchampstead in brief

The median price paid for a home in Finchampstead was £640,000 in 2025.

Finchampstead had 9,802 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Finchampstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Finchampstead, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.