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Cookham & Waltham

Middle area

North west Windsor and Maidenhead. 12,141 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 71 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 91% of people in Cookham & Waltham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£787,500
154th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,849
303rd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
91%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Cookham & Waltham

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cookham & Waltham at a rate of 39.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 64.8 per 1,000 people across Windsor and Maidenhead.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences176
Other crime114
Anti-social behaviour64
Criminal damage and arson37
Burglary35
Vehicle crime27
Drug offences10
Shoplifting7
Theft from the person3
Robbery2

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Cookham & Waltham compares

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

Cookham & WalthamMiddle
Median sale price18 middle areas, Windsor and Maidenhead · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Windsor and Maidenhead18 areas from £390,000 to £787,500. The middle area is £536,875. Cookham & Waltham is £787,500.
£787,500most expensive
Population18 middle areas, Windsor and Maidenhead · 2021
Population: every middle area in Windsor and Maidenhead18 areas from 5,673 to 13,066. The middle area is 7,963. Cookham & Waltham is 11,849.
11,8492nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 middle areas, Windsor and Maidenhead · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Windsor and Maidenhead18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Cookham & Waltham is 91.0%.
91%8th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 middle areas, Windsor and Maidenhead · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Windsor and Maidenhead18 areas from 60.6% to 98.6%. The middle area is 90.6%. Cookham & Waltham is 69.0%.
69.0%3rd lowest

Is Cookham & Waltham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cookham & Waltham at a rate of 39.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 64.8 per 1,000 people across Windsor and Maidenhead.

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

In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cookham & Waltham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (176), other crime (114) 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 Windsor and Maidenhead

These figures are published for the whole of Windsor and Maidenhead, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Windsor and Maidenhead and not Cookham & Waltham alone. See Windsor and Maidenhead

Average house price
£583,688
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£47,387
27th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.3×
Joint 20th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.9
12th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Cookham & Waltham in brief

The median price paid for a home in Cookham & Waltham was £787,500 in 2025.

Cookham & Waltham had 11,849 usual residents at the census.

About 91% of people in Cookham & Waltham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cookham & Waltham, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.