Costessey

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:20

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

73 reported · July 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Shoplifting25
• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Costessey · Norfolk

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

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)

142 food businesses within 2 miles

• 122 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Norwich (7.6 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£315,128 average▲ 7.2% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bannatyne Health Club - Costessey (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland

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

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

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

193 applications decided

95.9% granted · 185 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £30,108 avg

e.g. Become a Physics Tutor in Costessey – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Costessey – Flexible & Remote, Area Maintenance

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership469 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office322 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership313 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Costessey · 0.5 km

  Costessey is a town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, and is 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Norwich. The civil parish forms part of the Norwich Urban Area. It includes the residential…

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  Costessey Hall · 0.9 km

  Costessey Hall was a manor house in Costessey, Norfolk, England, four miles west of Norwich.

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  Ormiston Victory Academy · 1.0 km

  Ormiston Victory Academy is a secondary school and sixth form located in Costessey, Norfolk, England. The academy has specialisms in Science and Applied Learning.

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  Marriott's Way · 1.4 km

  The Marriott's Way is a shared-use rail trail in north Norfolk, England, between Norwich and Aylsham via Themelthorpe. It forms part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) and the red route of Norwich's Pedalways cycle p…

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  Drayton railway station · 1.9 km

  Drayton railway station is a former station in Norfolk, England. Constructed by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in the 1880s, on the line between Melton Constable and Norwich, it was closed to passengers…

• Queen's Hills · 1.9 km

  Queen's Hills is a residential suburb located in Costessey, a civil parish on the western outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Developed primarily in the early 21st century, Queen's Hills has rapidly expanded, with…

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