Avon Valley
WardSouth east Wiltshire. About 7,326 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 101 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in Avon Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Avon Valley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Avon Valley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Avon Valley at a rate of 47.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Wiltshire.
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 Avon Valley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (146), other crime (65) and anti-social behaviour (59).
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 Wiltshire
These figures are published for the whole of Wiltshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wiltshire and not Avon Valley alone. See Wiltshire
Avon Valley in brief
Avon Valley had 6,322 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in Avon Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Avon Valley, 55.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Avon Valley, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.