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Great Cornard

Ward

West Babergh. About 10,114 people in 6.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Great Cornard live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,950
2,480th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
59.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Great Cornard compares

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

Great CornardMiddle
Population24 wards, Babergh · 2021
Population: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 2,289 to 9,950. The middle area is 2,991. Great Cornard is 9,950.
9,950most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Babergh · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 46.0%. Great Cornard is 100.0%.
100%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Babergh · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 28.1% to 97.6%. The middle area is 76.8%. Great Cornard is 59.2%.
59.2%6th lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Babergh · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 0.5% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.2%. Great Cornard is 3.4%.
3.4%joint 3rd highest

Is Great Cornard safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Cornard at a rate of 44.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 45.6 per 1,000 people across Babergh.

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

In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Cornard.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (256), other crime (64) and criminal damage and arson (45).

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 Babergh

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

Average house price
£330,523
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,904
30th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 61st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.4
104th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Great Cornard in brief

Great Cornard had 9,950 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Great Cornard live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Great Cornard, 59.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Great Cornard, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.