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Mile Cross

Ward

North Norwich. About 11,328 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Mile Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,196
Joint 1,908th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Mile Cross compares

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

Mile CrossMiddle
Population13 wards, Norwich · 2021
Population: every ward in Norwich13 areas from 9,686 to 14,550. The middle area is 10,620. Mile Cross is 11,196.
11,1964th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Norwich · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Norwich13 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Mile Cross is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Norwich · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Norwich13 areas from 59.5% to 98.1%. The middle area is 95.9%. Mile Cross is 96.9%.
96.9%joint 3rd highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Norwich · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Norwich13 areas from 2.2% to 6.1%. The middle area is 4.1%. Mile Cross is 6.1%.
6.1%highest

Is Mile Cross safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mile Cross at a rate of 118.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across Norwich.

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

In August 2026 alone, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mile Cross.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (583), other crime (224) and anti-social behaviour (197).

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.

Figures for the whole of Norwich

These figures are published for the whole of Norwich, not for each ward, so they describe all of Norwich and not Mile Cross alone. See Norwich

Average house price
£227,535
Down 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,263
74th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.3
65th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Mile Cross in brief

Mile Cross had 11,196 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Mile Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Mile Cross, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Mile Cross, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.