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Pewsey Vale West

Ward

Central Wiltshire. About 5,046 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 130 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 32% of people in Pewsey Vale West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,083
Joint 2,823rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
32%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
25.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Pewsey Vale West compares

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

Pewsey Vale WestMiddle
Population98 wards, Wiltshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 2,790 to 7,490. The middle area is 5,109. Pewsey Vale West is 5,083.
5,08348th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares98 wards, Wiltshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 35.5%. Pewsey Vale West is 32.0%.
32%joint 43rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage98 wards, Wiltshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 13.5% to 99.4%. The middle area is 84.7%. Pewsey Vale West is 25.0%.
25.0%4th lowest
Claimant rate98 wards, Wiltshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wiltshire98 areas from 0.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 2.2%. Pewsey Vale West is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 46th highest

Is Pewsey Vale West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pewsey Vale West at a rate of 27.2 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, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pewsey Vale West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (67), criminal damage and arson (24) and other crime (22).

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 Pewsey Vale West alone. See Wiltshire

Average house price
£328,102
Up 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,811
151st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
Joint 98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.6
72nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Pewsey Vale West in brief

Pewsey Vale West had 5,083 usual residents at the census.

About 32% of people in Pewsey Vale West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Pewsey Vale West, 25.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Pewsey Vale West, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.