South Downham
WardSouth west King's Lynn and West Norfolk. About 2,358 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 69% of people in South Downham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Downham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Downham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Downham at a rate of 34.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.7 per 1,000 people across King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Downham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (39), other crime (13) and anti-social behaviour (10).
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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk
These figures are published for the whole of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, not for each ward, so they describe all of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and not South Downham alone. See King's Lynn and West Norfolk
South Downham in brief
South Downham had 2,348 usual residents at the census.
About 69% of people in South Downham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Downham, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Downham, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.