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Maldon West

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West Maldon. About 5,004 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 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 Maldon West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,192
2,056th 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
97.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Maldon West compares

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

Maldon WestMiddle
Population17 wards, Maldon · 2021
Population: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 2,088 to 4,831. The middle area is 4,169. Maldon West is 4,192.
4,1928th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Maldon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Maldon West is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Maldon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 43.9% to 99.4%. The middle area is 82.9%. Maldon West is 97.7%.
97.7%3rd highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Maldon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 1.7% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.3%. Maldon West is 2.8%.
2.8%6th highest

Is Maldon West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maldon West at a rate of 59.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 50.4 per 1,000 people across Maldon.

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

In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maldon West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (149), other crime (51) and anti-social behaviour (34).

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 Maldon

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

Average house price
£393,909
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,385
80th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.1×
Joint 84th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.0
113th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Maldon West in brief

Maldon West had 4,192 usual residents at the census.

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

In Maldon West, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Maldon West, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.