Thetford Castle
WardSouth Breckland. About 6,195 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Thetford Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Thetford Castle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Thetford Castle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thetford Castle at a rate of 103.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 57.6 per 1,000 people across Breckland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 63 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thetford Castle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (276), anti-social behaviour (124) and other crime (109).
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 Breckland
These figures are published for the whole of Breckland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Breckland and not Thetford Castle alone. See Breckland
Thetford Castle in brief
Thetford Castle had 6,181 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Thetford Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thetford Castle, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Thetford Castle, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.