Colney

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:19

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

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

78 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Other theft7
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Hethersett and Mulbarton · Norfolk

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

298 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 334 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

238 food businesses within 2 miles

• 189 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Norwich (5.8 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£227,535 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Norwich · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,142 average monthly rent▲ 0.6% YoY

• 1 bed £778
• 2 bed £972
• 3 bed £1,137

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

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,698 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: 168.7p · Asda (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Norwich Research Park Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,922 residents in Norwich · 3,688/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,266
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,688
• Net moves−2,422

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 69,210)

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

63 schools · 20,615 pupils

34 primary · 8 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Norwich

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

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

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

163 applications decided

90.2% granted · 147 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Lab 12
• LD 3
• Grn 21
• Ref 2
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

65 jobs advertised · £56,142 avg

e.g. Clinical Research fellow (ST6), Specialist Orthoptist, Locum Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Source: Adzuna

£714 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,616 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,934 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

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

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.4

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in NR4

• Norwich Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Humbleyard Practice
• Uea Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks342 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects259 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases212 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth194 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills194 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bowthorpe Marsh · 0.5 km

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