Old Costessey
WardThe north west of the South Norfolk. About 11,070 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Old Costessey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Old Costessey compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Old Costessey safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Costessey at a rate of 76.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 48.7 per 1,000 people across South Norfolk.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 76 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Costessey.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (334), shoplifting (156) and other crime (152).
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 South Norfolk
These figures are published for the whole of South Norfolk, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Norfolk and not Old Costessey alone. See South Norfolk
Old Costessey in brief
Old Costessey had 10,647 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Old Costessey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Old Costessey, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Old Costessey, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.