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North Wokingham. About 9,221 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 33 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 93% of people in Thames live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,184
2,853rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
93%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thames compares

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

ThamesMiddle
Population18 wards, Wokingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 8,426 to 11,559. The middle area is 9,875. Thames is 9,184.
9,1844th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Wokingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 0.0% to 93.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Thames is 93.0%.
93%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Wokingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 79.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 95.7%. Thames is 86.8%.
86.8%3rd lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Wokingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wokingham18 areas from 1.2% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Thames is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 2nd lowest

Is Thames safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thames at a rate of 34.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 44.6 per 1,000 people across Wokingham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thames.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (115), other crime (67) and anti-social behaviour (30).

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 Wokingham

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

Average house price
£496,537
Down 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,222
7th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.5×
Joint 66th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
6.1
2nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thames in brief

Thames had 9,184 usual residents at the census.

About 93% of people in Thames live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thames, 86.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thames, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.