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Old Malden

Ward

East Kingston upon Thames. About 6,651 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 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 Old Malden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,697
Joint 4,156th 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
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Old Malden compares

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

Old MaldenMiddle
Population19 wards, Kingston upon Thames · 2021
Population: every ward in Kingston upon Thames19 areas from 5,607 to 11,804. The middle area is 9,484. Old Malden is 6,697.
6,6974th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Kingston upon Thames · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Kingston upon Thames19 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Old Malden is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Kingston upon Thames · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Kingston upon Thames19 areas from 80.1% to 99.1%. The middle area is 93.4%. Old Malden is 99.1%.
99.1%highest
Claimant rate19 wards, Kingston upon Thames · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Kingston upon Thames19 areas from 1.5% to 4.8%. The middle area is 3.1%. Old Malden is 3.8%.
3.8%5th highest

Is Old Malden safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Malden at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.4 per 1,000 people across Kingston upon Thames.

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

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Malden.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (136), anti-social behaviour (121) and other crime (51).

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 Kingston upon Thames

These figures are published for the whole of Kingston upon Thames, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kingston upon Thames and not Old Malden alone. See Kingston upon Thames

Average house price
£597,587
Up 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£46,871
32nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.7×
Joint 14th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.1
37th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Old Malden in brief

Old Malden had 6,697 usual residents at the census.

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

In Old Malden, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Old Malden, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.