Upwell, Delph & Emneth

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 10,555 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,030 of 6,856 in England
  • #649 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,418
Median age (est.)49
Density90per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 14% · Professional 11%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors14%
Professional11%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Upwell, Delph & Emneth is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,030 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (60) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 138 sales), in line with the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,745 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 50 · #3,446
Employment 36 · #4,385
Education 18 · #5,647
Health 32 · #4,625
Crime 60 · #2,706
Housing & access 4 · #6,606
Living environment 16 · #5,749

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=138
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000138+1.9%+22.0%
Detached£295,00093-10.6%+11.5%
Semi-detached£200,00037+8.5%+11.1%
Terraced£175,0007+11.8%+22.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£275,000
King's Lynn and West Norfolk£267,500
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£35,745±£5,105 · #4,799 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,289
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 599 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,625 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft94
Burglary40
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons42
Drugs22
Robbery3
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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