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Dickleburgh

Dickleburgh is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 1,096. It has 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Diss, 5.1 km away. There were around 8 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 Dickleburgh area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Norfolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 141,948 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
South Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 48th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability52
Affordable rents67
Good schools11
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation74
Employment82
Low council tax38

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:20

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, 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

9 reported · August 2026▲ 350% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Drugs1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Diss · 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 Diss…
  • 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 Diss…

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

Road safety

311 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 428 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

12 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 11 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Diss (4.9 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Diss (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£307,735 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-08

Detached£422,408
Semi-detached£272,879
Terraced£227,315
Flat£133,133

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £696
  • 2 bed £890
  • 3 bed £1,107

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 (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,101 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

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Dickleburgh (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,323
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,011
  • Net moves+2,312

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 220 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 67,580)

A £1,655
B £1,931
C £2,207
D £2,483
E £3,035
F £3,586
G £4,138
H £4,966

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

Schools

78 schools · 20,759 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Wymondham CollegeOutstanding
  • Hobart High SchoolGood
  • Long Stratton High SchoolGood
  • Diss High School
  • Framingham Earl High School
  • Hethersett Academy
  • Ormiston Victory Academy
  • Wymondham High Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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 (Dickleburgh Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 68 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

254 applications decided

90.2% granted · 229 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 9
  • Con 23
  • LD 9
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,437 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,071 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 20% · Biomass 11%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in IP21

  • Church Hill Surgery
  • Fressingfield Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

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  • Rushall, Norfolk · 0.0 km

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  • Thelveton · 1.1 km

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  • St George's Church, Shimpling · 1.2 km

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  • Shimpling, Norfolk · 1.7 km

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  • 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum · 2.2 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Dickleburgh?
Dickleburgh is a town in Norfolk, England, in the South Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Dickleburgh?
Dickleburgh has an approximate settlement population of 1,096.
How deprived is Dickleburgh?
The South Norfolk local authority, which includes Dickleburgh, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.