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Central and Northgate

Ward

East Great Yarmouth. About 8,655 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.3 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 Central and Northgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,642
Joint 3,084th most 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
87.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
9.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Central and Northgate compares

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

Central and NorthgateMiddle
Population17 wards, Great Yarmouth · 2021
Population: every ward in Great Yarmouth17 areas from 2,700 to 9,339. The middle area is 5,319. Central and Northgate is 8,642.
8,6422nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Great Yarmouth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Great Yarmouth17 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Central and Northgate is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Great Yarmouth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Great Yarmouth17 areas from 63.3% to 99.1%. The middle area is 91.6%. Central and Northgate is 87.8%.
87.8%6th lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Great Yarmouth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Great Yarmouth17 areas from 1.6% to 9.6%. The middle area is 3.6%. Central and Northgate is 9.6%.
9.6%joint highest

Is Central and Northgate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central and Northgate at a rate of 275.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.4 per 1,000 people across Great Yarmouth.

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

In August 2026 alone, 228 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central and Northgate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (915), other crime (472) and anti-social behaviour (355).

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 Great Yarmouth

These figures are published for the whole of Great Yarmouth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Great Yarmouth and not Central and Northgate alone. See Great Yarmouth

Average house price
£204,630
Down 1.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,794
54th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.9×
Joint 90th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
34.2
18th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Central and Northgate in brief

Central and Northgate had 8,642 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Central and Northgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Central and Northgate, 87.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Central and Northgate, 9.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.