Sprowston Central
WardSouth Broadland. About 5,378 people in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Sprowston Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sprowston Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sprowston Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sprowston Central at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 39.3 per 1,000 people across Broadland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sprowston Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (103), other crime (49) and anti-social behaviour (28).
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 Broadland
These figures are published for the whole of Broadland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Broadland and not Sprowston Central alone. See Broadland
Sprowston Central in brief
Sprowston Central had 5,344 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sprowston Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sprowston Central, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sprowston Central, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.