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Shinfield

Ward

South west Wokingham. About 11,275 people in 6.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
9,440
2,708th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Shinfield compares

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

ShinfieldMiddle
Population18 wards, Wokingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 8,426 to 11,559. The middle area is 9,875. Shinfield is 9,440.
9,4406th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Wokingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 0.0% to 93.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Shinfield is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Wokingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 79.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 95.7%. Shinfield is 96.5%.
96.5%6th highest
Claimant rate18 wards, Wokingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 1.2% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Shinfield is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 5th highest

Is Shinfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shinfield at a rate of 52.2 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, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shinfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (223), other crime (128) and anti-social behaviour (67).

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 ward, so they describe all of Wokingham and not Shinfield 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
Shinfield in brief

Shinfield had 9,440 usual residents at the census.

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

In Shinfield, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Shinfield, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.