Attleborough

10°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:21

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• 6.9 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

59 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Attleborough · Norfolk

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

297 reported road collisions (2025)

93 killed or seriously injured · 402 casualties · 21 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

82 food businesses within 2 miles

• 73 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Attleborough (0.6 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£266,835 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£928 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £846
• 3 bed £1,044

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

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

2,035 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

• Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (6.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,583
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,328
• Net moves+2,255

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 112 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

73 schools · 17,375 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

880 CQC-registered services

• Care homes319
• GP practices128
• Dentists172
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 80% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

• In a conservation area (Attleborough)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

83.8% granted · 165 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

George Freeman

Conservative

Mid Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 29
• Grn 1
• Ref 5
• Oth 5

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

64 jobs advertised · £34,325 avg

e.g. Maintenance Operative, Early Years Educator, Telehandler

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 6%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in NR17

• Attleborough Surgery
• Martin Christopher Opticians

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases392 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into the regulation of animal experimentation186 local signatures · 13,005 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 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.

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  Attleborough · 0.4 km

  Attleborough 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).

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  Attleborough railway station · 0.5 km

  Attleborough 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…

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  Besthorpe, Norfolk · 1.2 km

  Besthorpe 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…

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  Kingdom of East Anglia · 2.2 km

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  Iceni · 2.2 km

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