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Wishing Tree

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West Hastings. About 5,907 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 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 Wishing Tree live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,906
3,501st least 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
78.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wishing Tree compares

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

Wishing TreeMiddle
Population16 wards, Hastings · 2021
Population: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 4,787 to 6,935. The middle area is 5,521. Wishing Tree is 5,906.
5,9064th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Hastings · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Wishing Tree is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Hastings · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 42.3% to 96.1%. The middle area is 91.9%. Wishing Tree is 78.7%.
78.7%4th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Hastings · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hastings16 areas from 2.5% to 7.7%. The middle area is 4.4%. Wishing Tree is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 7th lowest

Is Wishing Tree safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wishing Tree at a rate of 107.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 146.8 per 1,000 people across Hastings.

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

In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wishing Tree.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (186), other crime (107) and anti-social behaviour (102).

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 Hastings

These figures are published for the whole of Hastings, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hastings and not Wishing Tree alone. See Hastings

Average house price
£238,780
Down 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,714
49th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
Joint 155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
37.3
7th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wishing Tree in brief

Wishing Tree had 5,906 usual residents at the census.

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

In Wishing Tree, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wishing Tree, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.