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Burnham Overy Staithe

Burnham Overy Staithe is a town or village in Norfolk, England, with 2 bus stops. There was 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burnham Overy Staithe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 154,325 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 99th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability64
Affordable rents70
Good schools45
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation23
Employment57
Low council tax53

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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 47% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:20

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

  • Other theft4
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Hunstanton and Burnham · 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 Huns…
  • 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 West N…

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

Road safety

277 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 359 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

23 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£941 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £650
  • 2 bed £848
  • 3 bed £1,053

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

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,102 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

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: North Street Car Park, Burnham Market (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,325 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk · 107/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,732
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,221
  • Net moves+1,511

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 75,900)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

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

Schools

83 schools · 19,176 pupils

65 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Downham Market AcademyGood
  • King's Lynn AcademyGood
  • Smithdon High SchoolGood
  • Iceni Secondary Academy
  • King Edward VII Academy
  • Marshland High School
  • Springwood High School
  • St Clement's High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (BURNHAM OVERY STAITHE Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

250 applications decided

85.6% granted · 214 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

James Wild

Conservative

North West Norfolk

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 17
  • LD 2
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 24

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£731 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,249 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 87,439 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 6%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in PE31

  • Heacham Group Practice
  • Burnham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burnham Overy · 0.7 km

    Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The parish includes the settlements of Burnham Overy Town, the original village adjacent to the medieval parish church and now reduced to a handf…

  • Union Mills, Burnham Overy · 0.8 km

    Union Mills or Roy's Mills are a Grade II listed combined tower mill and watermill at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

  • Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill · 0.8 km

    Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill is a Grade II* listed building tower mill at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, England which has been converted to holiday accommodation.

  • River Burn, Norfolk · 1.0 km

    The River Burn is a chalk river in the northwest of the County of Norfolk, in the East of England. From its source to its mouth on the North Coast of Norfolk it is 12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi). The river has a fall of 36…

  • Norfolk Burnhams · 1.4 km

    The Norfolk Burnhams are a group of adjacent villages on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The villages are located near a large natural bay named Brancaster Bay and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve.

  • Burnham Norton Friary · 1.5 km

    Burnham Norton Friary was a Carmelite friary near Burnham Market in Norfolk, England. It is now a ruin.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Burnham Overy Staithe?
Burnham Overy Staithe is a town in Norfolk, England, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority.
How deprived is Burnham Overy Staithe?
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority, which includes Burnham Overy Staithe, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.