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Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk is a district in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 80,000. It has 8 bus stops and a nearest railway station at Brockford, 2.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 2 recorded street crimes, most commonly other theft. Covers 63 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Mid Suffolk is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 102,695 residents at roughly 118 people per km².

72/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 14th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.

Home affordability54
Affordable rents70
Good schools57
Life expectancy93
Low deprivation64
Employment90
Low council tax78

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:21

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Mid-Suffolk North and East · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Preventing Acquisitive Crime. There has been a rise in burglaries and thefts across the local area, including incidents targeting homes,…
  • Reducing Retail Crime. Retail crime remains a growing concern both locally and nationally.

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

Road safety

163 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brockford (2.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stowmarket (8.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£317,979 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-08

Detached£440,981
Semi-detached£278,154
Terraced£226,023
Flat£142,118

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,005 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £721
  • 2 bed £922
  • 3 bed £1,122

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,688 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Cotton VH (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,046
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,506
  • Net moves+2,540

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

A £1,545
B £1,802
C £2,059
D £2,317
E £2,832
F £3,347
G £3,861
H £4,634

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

Schools

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Debenham High SchoolGood
  • Stowupland High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Claydon High School
  • Hartismere School
  • Stowmarket High School
  • Stradbroke High School
  • Thurston Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Suffolk

Care & health services

692 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes197
  • GP practices92
  • Dentists135
  • Homecare agencies208
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

231 applications decided

91.8% granted · 212 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Green majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 4
  • Grn 23
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,625 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Mendlesham railway station · 0.2 km

    Mendlesham railway station was a station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.

  • Mendlesham · 0.5 km

    Mendlesham is a village in Suffolk with 1,569 inhabitants as of 2024. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north east of Stowmarket and 73.135 miles (117.699 km) from London.

  • Brockford Street · 2.3 km

    Brockford Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, sited upon the A140 road between Ipswich and Norwich. Nearby is Brockfor…

  • Mendlesham transmitting station · 2.6 km

    The Mendlesham transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Mendlesham, near the town of Stowmarket, in Suffolk, United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by…

  • Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station · 2.8 km

    Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station was a station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.

  • Thwaite, Suffolk · 2.9 km

    Thwaite is a rural village in Suffolk, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Mid Suffolk