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Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary

Ward

North Fenland. About 6,930 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 71 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,744
Joint 4,196th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
66.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary compares

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

Parson Drove & Wisbech St MaryMiddle
Population18 wards, Fenland · 2021
Population: every ward in Fenland18 areas from 1,794 to 8,848. The middle area is 5,644. Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary is 6,744.
6,7446th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Fenland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Fenland18 areas from 0.0% to 23.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Fenland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Fenland18 areas from 66.5% to 99.5%. The middle area is 92.0%. Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary is 66.8%.
66.8%2nd lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Fenland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Fenland18 areas from 1.8% to 7.4%. The middle area is 3.3%. Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary is 3.4%.
3.4%9th highest

Is Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary at a rate of 67.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across Fenland.

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

In August 2026 alone, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (195), anti-social behaviour (90) and other crime (90).

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 Fenland

These figures are published for the whole of Fenland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Fenland and not Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary alone. See Fenland

Average house price
£224,770
Up 2.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,170
35th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 136th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.1
66th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary in brief

Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary had 6,744 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary, 66.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.