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Wisbech

Wisbech is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 32,489. It has around 17 bus stops and around 1 restaurant and café. The average sold house price is around £249,188. There were around 315 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wisbech area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 154,325 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 98th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability64
Affordable rents69
Good schools45
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation25
Employment57
Low council tax53

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:21

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Crime

269 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences124
  • Anti-social behaviour40
  • Criminal damage & arson19
  • Public order17

Neighbourhood team: Wisbech · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the things your local neighbourhood policing teams in Wis…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

292 reported road collisions (2024)

104 killed or seriously injured · 397 casualties · 18.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

221 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 198 rated 4–5 ★ (185 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from March (12.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£940 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £650
  • 2 bed £848
  • 3 bed £1,051

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Morrisons (2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Morrisons (2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Nestle Purina Petcare UK LTD (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools8
  • Sports pitches47
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,325 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk · 107/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 79 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 75,900)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

82 schools · 19,176 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

76inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Downham Market AcademyGood
  • King's Lynn AcademyGood
  • Smithdon High SchoolGood
  • Iceni Secondary Academy
  • King Edward VII Academy
  • Marshland High School
  • Springwood High School
  • St Clement's High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Care & health services

877 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes320
  • GP practices126
  • Dentists171
  • Homecare agencies178
  • Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 23 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Wisbech)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 275 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

308 applications decided

89.6% granted · 276 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Steve Barclay

Conservative

North East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 17
  • LD 2
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 24

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools14
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies8
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens102
  • Restaurants & cafés55

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

317 jobs advertised · £38,142 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - East England, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£731 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,249 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 87,439 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 15% · Imports 6%

146 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Wisbech Rural District · 0.0 km

    Wisbech was a rural district in Cambridgeshire in England from 1894 to 1974.

  • Wisbech Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Wisbech Town Hall is a historic building on North Brink, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The building incorporates the offices, council chamber and mayor's parlour of Wisbech Town Council, and is a Grad…

  • Clarkson Memorial · 0.2 km

    The Clarkson Memorial in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England commemorates Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846), a central figure in the campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, and a former native of W…

  • Wisbech Castle · 0.2 km

    The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. The layout was probably oval in shape and…

  • Octavia Hill Birthplace House · 0.2 km

    Octavia Hill Birthplace House is a historic house museum located in South Brink, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire England. It is an independent museum and a Grade II* listed building.

  • Wisbech · 0.3 km

    Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bordering Norfol…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wisbech?
Wisbech is a town in Norfolk, England, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Wisbech?
Wisbech has an approximate settlement population of 32,489.
How deprived is Wisbech?
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority, which includes Wisbech, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.