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Coltishall and Horstead

Coltishall and Horstead is a village in Norfolk, England. It has 4 bus stops and Coltishall railway station 0.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 7 recorded street crimes, 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 Coltishall and Horstead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broadland area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). 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 12th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime99
Home affordability52
Affordable rents74
Good schools48
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation81
Employment90
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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:19

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

8 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Public order2
  • Other theft1

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

240 reported road collisions (2025)

78 killed or seriously injured · 319 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coltishall (0.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hoveton & Wroxham (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£313,806 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-08

Detached£420,696
Semi-detached£276,029
Terraced£227,135
Flat£147,028

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£938 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £691
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,078

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

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

Property sales

2,093 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: EVC The Norfolk Mead Hotel (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,186
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,703
  • Net moves+2,483

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 240 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

59 inspected 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

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

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

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

Planning decisions

159 applications decided

91.8% granted · 146 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) 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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£724 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

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: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 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 · 4 pharmacies in NR12

  • Stalham Staithe Surgery
  • Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre
  • Coltishall Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Coltishall · 0.2 km

    Coltishall is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district, in the English county of Norfolk.

  • Coltishall railway station · 0.5 km

    Coltishall railway station serves the village of Coltishall in Norfolk, and is currently operated by the Bure Valley Railway.

  • Horstead with Stanninghall · 0.9 km

    Horstead with Stanninghall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which consists of the villages of Horstead and Stanninghall as well as Largate and Heggatt.

  • St Theobald's Church, Great Hautbois · 1.0 km

    St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church…

  • Horstead Hall · 1.9 km

    Horstead Hall was a country house in Norfolk that was demolished in the 1950s.

  • Belaugh · 2.3 km

    Belaugh is a small village on the River Bure in Norfolk, England. The village is within The Broads National Park and is accessible by road from Hoveton and Coltishall. Most of the land around Belaugh - about 850 acres…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Coltishall and Horstead?
Coltishall and Horstead is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Broadland local authority.
How deprived is Coltishall and Horstead?
The Broadland local authority, which includes Coltishall and Horstead, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.