Attleborough
Attleborough is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 10,549. It has around 14 restaurants and cafés, 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Attleborough, 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £349,155, and there were around 47 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Attleborough area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Breckland area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,476 residents at roughly 108 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 109th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.
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
21°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 23° / 14° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:20
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Crime
34 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences14
- Anti-social behaviour8
- Other theft5
- Criminal damage & arson2
Neighbourhood team: Attleborough · Norfolk
Local policing priorities
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Attl…
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with priorities that we will have for Attleb…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
263 reported road collisions (2024)
86 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
84 food businesses within 2 miles
- 74 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Attleborough (0.6 km)
- 12 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Attleborough (0.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£273,851 average▲ 2.7% YoY
Across Breckland · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£925 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY
- 1 bed £663
- 2 bed £843
- 3 bed £1,041
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
7.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (6.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (6.5 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Queens Street Car Park (0.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms2
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches15
- Playgrounds9
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 127 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,444 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (28% of 65,920)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
74 schools · 17,555 pupils
55 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other
Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)
66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Northgate High SchoolGood
- The Nicholas Hamond AcademyGood
- The Thetford AcademyGood
- Wayland AcademyGood
- Attleborough Academy
- Dereham Neatherd High School
- Old Buckenham High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland
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 (Attleborough)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
191 applications decided
89% granted · 170 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
George Freeman
Conservative
Mid Norfolk
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative majority
- Lab 9
- Con 29
- Grn 1
- Ref 5
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics3
- Pharmacies2
- Supermarkets2
- Parks & greens24
- Restaurants & cafés27
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,110 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
93 jobs advertised · £38,294 avg
e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Piano Tutor in Attleborough (Warwickshire) – Flexible & Remote, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£717 median full-time weekly pay
2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,170 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
43% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 69,315 certificates
11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
95% low-carbon electricity
Wind 51% · Solar 24% · Nuclear 17% · Gas 5%
24 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men
69% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.2
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in NR17
- Attleborough Surgery
- Martin Christopher Opticians
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office420 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases391 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership291 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Attleborough Academy · 0.3 km
Attleborough Academy/Attleborough Academy Norfolk (AA/AAN) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk.
Attleborough · 0.4 kmAttleborough is a market town and civil parish located on the A11 road between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England. The parish is in the district of Breckland and has an area of 21.9 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).
Attleborough railway station · 0.5 kmAttleborough railway station is on the Breckland line in the east of England, serving the market town of Attleborough, Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Attleborough is situ…
Besthorpe, Norfolk · 1.2 kmBesthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Attleborough on the A11 road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 561, increasing to…
Kingdom of East Anglia · 2.2 kmThe Kingdom of the East Angles, informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia or East Anglia, was an early medieval English kingdom of the Angles during the Anglo-Saxon period, existing from the 6th century to 918 CE…
East Anglia · 2.2 kmEast Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area has had various definitions, mainly including at least the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, while other definitions include Cambridgeshire, and somet…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Attleborough?
- Attleborough is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Breckland local authority.
- What is the population of Attleborough?
- Attleborough has an approximate settlement population of 10,549.
- How deprived is Attleborough?
- The Breckland local authority, which includes Attleborough, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.