Wokingham: local statistics
Wokingham is a unitary authority in the South East, home to an estimated 189,024 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Wokingham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 38.8 crimes per 1,000 residents in Wokingham in the year to March 2026 (7,341 offences in all), the 2nd lowest rate in the South East. That compares with 40.4 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 33.4 to 45.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Wokingham had an estimated 189,024 residents in mid-2025, up 0.8% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 16.8%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is the 3rd fastest growth in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The median full-time employee living in Wokingham was paid £953.70 a week before tax in April 2025, or £52,222 over a year. It is the 3rd highest in the South East, and 17.0% more than across the South East. Jobs based in Wokingham paid a median £900.80 a week, £52.90 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £670.80: a change of +42% before inflation.
A typical home in Wokingham cost £496,537 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a fall of 0.9% in twelve months. It ranks as the 8th highest of 64 in the South East (regional average £380,878). The July peak was £500,982 in 2025, and prices are 20% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Wokingham (£52,222) gives a ratio of 9.5. That ratio is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (28th highest ratio).
A girl born in Wokingham in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.8 years and a boy 82.8 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +1.2 years for women and +1.1 for men. It is 6th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest for women.
9,495 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Wokingham in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 50 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 27th of 64.
In August 2026, 2,315 people in Wokingham were on the claimant count, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). Twelve months before, it was 1.9%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.5% (May 2023) and 2.4% (August 2021).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Wokingham is £2,497.70, up £121.59 on 2025-26. That makes it close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (30th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,580.11, so it has risen 58%.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.8% of Wokingham residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.5 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 76.7% to 81.9%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 161,773 |
| 2016 | 163,797 |
| 2017 | 165,664 |
| 2018 | 168,734 |
| 2019 | 171,789 |
| 2020 | 174,708 |
| 2021 | 178,231 |
| 2022 | 181,466 |
| 2023 | 185,044 |
| 2024 | 187,433 |
| 2025 | 189,024 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £415,083 |
| July 2017 | £416,133 |
| July 2018 | £417,921 |
| July 2019 | £408,728 |
| July 2020 | £415,219 |
| July 2021 | £438,200 |
| July 2022 | £468,604 |
| July 2023 | £472,945 |
| July 2024 | £476,818 |
| July 2025 | £500,982 |
| July 2026 | £496,537 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £670.80 a week |
| 2016 | £739.70 a week |
| 2017 | £669.30 a week |
| 2018 | £737.60 a week |
| 2019 | £737.60 a week |
| 2020 | £696.00 a week |
| 2021 | £750.10 a week |
| 2022 | £818.40 a week |
| 2023 | £878.40 a week |
| 2024 | £899.70 a week |
| 2025 | £953.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,580.11 |
| 2017-18 | £1,650.35 |
| 2018-19 | £1,741.03 |
| 2019-20 | £1,818.89 |
| 2020-21 | £1,892.91 |
| 2021-22 | £1,988.82 |
| 2022-23 | £2,052.60 |
| 2023-24 | £2,157.35 |
| 2024-25 | £2,262.93 |
| 2025-26 | £2,376.11 |
| 2026-27 | £2,497.70 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 33.4 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 35.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 37.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 42.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 44.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 38.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 41.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 44.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 45.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 40.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 38.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.1% |
| 2016/17 | 80.0% |
| 2017/18 | 79.4% |
| 2018/19 | 81.9% |
| 2019/20 | 80.3% |
| 2020/21 | 76.7% |
| 2021/22 | 81.2% |
| 2022/23 | 81.8% |
| 2023/24 | 78.0% |
| 2024/25 | 80.9% |
| 2025/26 | 78.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,015 |
| 2017 | 9,385 |
| 2018 | 9,495 |
| 2019 | 9,755 |
| 2020 | 9,925 |
| 2021 | 9,805 |
| 2022 | 9,495 |
| 2023 | 9,250 |
| 2024 | 9,220 |
| 2025 | 9,295 |
| 2026 | 9,495 |
Questions about Wokingham
What is the crime rate in Wokingham?
38.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Wokingham?
The ONS estimates 189,024 people lived in Wokingham in mid-2025.
What is the average salary in Wokingham?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Wokingham was £953.70 a week in April 2025 (£52,222 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Wokingham?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £496,537.
What is life expectancy in Wokingham?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 82.8 years for men and 85.8 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Wokingham?
2,315 in August 2026 (2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Wokingham?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,497.70 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Wokingham
Every body that makes decisions for Wokingham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Wokingham council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Wokingham in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Earley and Woodley: Yuan Yang (Labour) MP
- Wokingham: Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the South East: Arun · Basingstoke and Deane · Cherwell · Maidstone · New Forest · Reading
Related questions
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