Upper Wensum Area Guide | £288k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
6,529
Households
2,811
Crimes · Aug '26
19
2,811
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 51%
Religion
Most deprived 40–50%
Avg IMD
19
Crimes · Aug '26
£287,500
Median property price · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 88 sales
300
Postcodes
2,811
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 51%
Religion
Most deprived 40–50%
Avg IMD
19
Crimes · Aug '26
£287,500
Median property price · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 88 sales
300
Postcodes

Sold prices in Upper Wensum

England & Wales
Property sales · Upper Wensum
HM Land Registry · Upper Wensum
Average price
£312,829
Median price: £287,500
Median -4.2% vs prior 12 months
All property types · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 88 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 4 sales · avg £217,249
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£423k£306k£190k
Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Upper Wensum

England & Wales
Crime trends · Upper Wensum

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
10
YoY —
1382
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
1
YoY —
320
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
210
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
530
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

19
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Upper Wensum

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,519
White Brit.96.4%
Other White1.5%
+ other · 2.1%

Religion

Total residents: 6,527
Christian51.1%
No religion41.1%
Not answered6.4%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,529
50–6424.0%
35–4916.3%
65–7415.3%
25–348.9%
75–848.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.8%

Households

Total households: 2,811
Married or civil partnership couple: No children16.8%
All members 66+15.4%
One person: aged 66+13.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.7%
One person: other11.0%
+ 7 other households · 30.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Upper Wensum

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.87 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.87 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Upper Wensum

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

Amenities in Upper Wensum

GPs make up most of the mapped places

24 GPs · 12 Museums · 6 Libraries · 45 in all

  • GPs24
  • Museums12
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Norfolk.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Breckland is the district council. School applications go through Norfolk.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Upper Wensum

Coordinates52.7352, 1.0049
Postcodes
300
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
6,529
Households (Census)
2,811
Recorded crime · Aug '26
19

Postcode Districts in Upper Wensum

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