Wensum
WardWest Norwich. About 13,031 people in 3.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Wensum live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wensum compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wensum safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wensum at a rate of 96.4 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, 103 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wensum.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (540), other crime (185) and anti-social behaviour (143).
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 ward, so they describe all of Norwich and not Wensum alone. See Norwich
Wensum in brief
Wensum had 12,730 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wensum live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wensum, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wensum, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.