Upper Wensum
WardNorth Breckland. About 6,798 people in 110 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 49% of people in Upper Wensum live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Upper Wensum compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Upper Wensum safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Wensum at a rate of 34.8 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, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Wensum.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (99), other crime (40) and criminal damage and arson (14).
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 Upper Wensum alone. See Breckland
Upper Wensum in brief
Upper Wensum had 6,530 usual residents at the census.
About 49% of people in Upper Wensum live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Upper Wensum, 33.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Upper Wensum, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.