Virginia Water
WardWest Runnymede. About 6,127 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Virginia Water live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Virginia Water compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Virginia Water safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Virginia Water at a rate of 53.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.0 per 1,000 people across Runnymede.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Virginia Water.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (134), other crime (65) and anti-social behaviour (64).
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 Runnymede
These figures are published for the whole of Runnymede, not for each ward, so they describe all of Runnymede and not Virginia Water alone. See Runnymede
Virginia Water in brief
Virginia Water had 5,970 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Virginia Water live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Virginia Water, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Virginia Water, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.