Wisbech South
WardNorth east Fenland. About 8,880 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Wisbech South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wisbech South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wisbech South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wisbech South at a rate of 226.1 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, 180 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wisbech South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (736), other crime (424) and anti-social behaviour (364).
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 Wisbech South alone. See Fenland
Wisbech South in brief
Wisbech South had 8,848 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wisbech South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wisbech South, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wisbech South, 7.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.