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Gorleston-on-Sea

Town

Town in Great Yarmouth, East of England.

Gorleston-on-Sea is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gorleston-on-Sea add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Gorleston-on-Sea live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£195,000
Joint 207th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
24,474
449th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Gorleston-on-Sea compares

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

Gorleston-on-SeaMiddle
Median sale price130 towns, East of England · 2025
Median sale price: every town in East of England130 areas from £146,000 to £1,082,500. The middle area is £346,125. Gorleston-on-Sea is £195,000.
£195,0002nd cheapest
Population130 towns, East of England · 2021
Population: every town in East of England130 areas from 7,522 to 233,524. The middle area is 19,408. Gorleston-on-Sea is 24,474.
24,47451st most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares130 towns, East of England · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in East of England130 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Gorleston-on-Sea is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in East of England130 areas from 45.6% to 98.3%. The middle area is 92.4%. Gorleston-on-Sea is 95.6%.
95.6%28th highest

Is Gorleston-on-Sea safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gorleston-on-Sea at a rate of 89.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.

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

In August 2026 alone, 199 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gorleston-on-Sea.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (938), other crime (363) and anti-social behaviour (331).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Gorleston-on-Sea was 89.5 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in Gorleston-on-Sea, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Gorleston-on-Sea has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Gorleston-on-Sea

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Great Yarmouth 009A1,41664.5 per 1,000398.7%
Great Yarmouth 009B1,61074.1 per 1,000399.5%
Great Yarmouth 009C1,650115.9 per 1,0001100.0%
Great Yarmouth 009D1,588149.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Great Yarmouth 009E1,661103.5 per 1,000389.7%
Great Yarmouth 010A1,49436.3 per 1,000598.9%
Great Yarmouth 010B1,34156.7 per 1,000699.4%
Great Yarmouth 010C2,45441.9 per 1,000782.8%
Great Yarmouth 010D1,589171.1 per 1,000285.2%
Great Yarmouth 010E1,630107.2 per 1,000395.4%
Great Yarmouth 011A1,263167.3 per 1,0003100.0%
Great Yarmouth 011B1,52851.5 per 1,000499.4%
Great Yarmouth 011C1,46189.7 per 1,0002100.0%
Great Yarmouth 011D1,58494.0 per 1,000196.6%
Great Yarmouth 011E1,58246.9 per 1,000399.8%

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Postcode districts covering Gorleston-on-Sea1

Middle areas in Gorleston-on-Sea3

Towns near Gorleston-on-Sea6

Gorleston-on-Sea in brief

Gorleston-on-Sea is a town in Great Yarmouth, East of England.

About 24,440 people lived in Gorleston-on-Sea in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 332 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Gorleston-on-Sea was £195,000 in 2025.

Gorleston-on-Sea had 24,474 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Gorleston-on-Sea live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Gorleston-on-Sea, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.