Wells & Blakeney

North Norfolk · East of England · population 5,898 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,406 of 6,856 in England
  • #597 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 15 in North Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,835
Median age (est.)58
Density40per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above34%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 7%25–44 15%45–64 29%65+ 37%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 14%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 14%Social rent 20%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 35%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Managers & directors17%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative6%
Process & plant5%

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 54% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Wells & Blakeney is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,406 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in North Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 91 sales), 67% above the wider North Norfolk median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,141 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 50 · #3,426
Employment 47 · #3,604
Education 24 · #5,235
Health 59 · #2,822
Crime 81 · #1,301
Housing & access 11 · #6,085
Living environment 6 · #6,469

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · +0.5% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,00091+0.5%+11.9%
Detached£605,00048-8.7%+22.8%
Semi-detached£440,00023+27.7%+1.1%
Terraced£377,50017-5.6%+5.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£500,000
North Norfolk£300,000
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)£38,141±£5,518 · #3,991 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,381
Price-to-income ?13.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 226 offences
North Norfolk42
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,110 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft37
Burglary8
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons24
Drugs0
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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