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Aylsham

Aylsham is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 6,016. It has 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 10 restaurants and cafés, along with 27 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Aylsham, 0.4 km away. There were around 28 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 Aylsham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broadland area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 131,722 residents at roughly 239 people per km².

Council
Broadland
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 11th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime100
Home affordability52
Affordable rents73
Good schools48
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation81
Employment92
Low council tax52

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

Weather temporarily unavailable.

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

44 reported · July 2026 110% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences17
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Public order4
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Aylsham · 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 Ayls…
  • 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 Ayls…

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

Road safety

204 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 263 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

54 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aylsham (0.4 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from North Walsham (9.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£315,128 average 7.2% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-06

Detached£424,569
Semi-detached£275,989
Terraced£227,429
Flat£146,038

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£939 average monthly rent 4.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £692
  • 2 bed £894
  • 3 bed £1,079

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Aylsham (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 257 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 62,640)

A £1,625
B £1,896
C £2,167
D £2,438
E £2,980
F £3,521
G £4,063
H £4,876

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

Schools

60 schools · 19,718 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 15 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Acle AcademyGood
  • Sprowston Community AcademyGood
  • Taverham High SchoolGood
  • Hellesdon High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Aylsham High School
  • Reepham High School and College
  • Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland

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 (Aylsham)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 163 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

193 applications decided

95.9% granted · 185 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

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

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 19
  • LD 14
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

17 jobs advertised · £47,781 avg

e.g. Ganger, Forklift Operative, Online Drums Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£724 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,735 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,514 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 27% · Imports 17% · Gas 13%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NR11

  • Market Surgery
  • Mundesley Medical Centre
  • Aldborough Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Aylsham Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Aylsham Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Aylsham, Norfolk, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Aylsham Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

  • Church of St Michael, Aylsham · 0.3 km

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Aylsham, Norfolk, is a church of medieval origins that was built in the 14th century under the patronage of John of Gaunt, lord of the manor of Aylsham.

  • Aylsham High School · 0.4 km

    Aylsham High School is a secondary school in the market town of Aylsham north of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It has around 1,000 pupils ranging in age from 11 to 16. Duncan Spalding is the head teacher.…

  • Aylsham South railway station · 0.5 km

    Aylsham South railway station served the town of Aylsham in Norfolk from 1880 to 1981. The period station buildings were subsequently demolished in 1990 to allow for the construction of Aylsham railway station, the no…

  • Aylsham railway station · 0.5 km

    Aylsham railway station is located in the town of Aylsham in Norfolk and is the northern terminus of the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow gauge operation which reuses some of the trackbed of a former standard gauge branc…

  • Aylsham · 0.5 km

    Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. It lies on the river Bure, nearly 9 mi (14 km) north of Norwich. The town is close to Blickling, Felbrigg, Mannington and Wolterton Halls,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Aylsham?
Aylsham is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Broadland local authority.
What is the population of Aylsham?
Aylsham has an approximate settlement population of 6,016.
How deprived is Aylsham?
The Broadland local authority, which includes Aylsham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.