Earlham
Middle areaWest Norwich. 12,502 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Earlham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Earlham
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earlham at a rate of 94.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across Norwich.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 555 |
| Other crime | 190 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 141 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 91 |
| Shoplifting | 67 |
| Vehicle crime | 56 |
| Burglary | 34 |
| Drug offences | 29 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Theft from the person | 5 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Earlham compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Earlham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earlham at a rate of 94.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across Norwich.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Earlham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (555), other crime (190) and anti-social behaviour (141).
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 Norwich
These figures are published for the whole of Norwich, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Norwich and not Earlham alone. See Norwich
Earlham in brief
The median price paid for a home in Earlham was £225,500 in 2025.
Earlham had 12,265 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Earlham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Earlham, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.