Diss

9°CClear

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:21

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 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

100 reported · August 2026▲ 89% YoY

• Shoplifting28
• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Diss · Norfolk

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

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)

113 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Diss (0.8 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£307,735 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Weavers Court (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Norfolk

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

• In a conservation area (Diss Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 190 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

90.2% granted · 229 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés39

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

104 jobs advertised · £41,729 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant, Domestic Cleaner Required ASAP, FLT Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

164 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in IP22

• Lawns Practice
• Parish Fields Practice
• Botesdale Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Diss Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Diss Town Hall is a municipal building on Market Hill in Diss, Norfolk, a town in England.The building, which currently accommodates the offices of Diss Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Corn Hall, Diss · 0.4 km

  The Corn Hall is a commercial building in St Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk, England. The structure, which is now used as an arts centre, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Diss High School · 0.4 km

  Diss High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Diss, Norfolk, England. The school has approximately 931 pupils from ages 11 to 18.

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  Diss, Norfolk · 0.6 km

  Diss is a market town and civil parish in the district of South Norfolk in Norfolk, England. It is near to the boundary with Suffolk. It had a population of 7,572 in 2011. It lies in the valley of the river Waveney, a…

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  Button's Mill, Diss · 0.8 km

  Jay's Mill, Button's Mill or Victoria Road Mill is a tower mill at Diss, Norfolk, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.

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  Diss railway station · 0.8 km

  Diss railway station serves the market town of Diss, in Norfolk, England. It lies on the Great Eastern Main Line, 94 miles 43 chains (152.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and approximately 20 miles (32…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)