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Griston

Griston is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 1,540. There is 1 bus stop. There were around 18 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 Griston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Breckland area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,476 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

Council
Breckland
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Mid Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 109th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability56
Affordable rents60
Good schools23
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation40
Employment68
Low council tax49

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

17°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 74% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:18

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

27 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Burglary3
  • Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Attleborough · 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 Attl…
  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with priorities that we will have for Attleb…

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

Road safety

263 reported road collisions (2024)

86 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

60 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Attleborough (11.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£273,851 average 2.7% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-06

Detached£374,751
Semi-detached£244,049
Terraced£195,663
Flat£110,304

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£925 average monthly rent 3% YoY

  • 1 bed £663
  • 2 bed £843
  • 3 bed £1,041

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl-Watton (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 127 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,444 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 65,920)

A £1,629
B £1,901
C £2,172
D £2,444
E £2,987
F £3,530
G £4,073
H £4,887

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

Schools

74 schools · 17,555 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Northgate High SchoolGood
  • The Nicholas Hamond AcademyGood
  • The Thetford AcademyGood
  • Wayland AcademyGood
  • Attleborough Academy
  • Dereham Neatherd High School
  • Old Buckenham High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

89% granted · 170 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

George Freeman

Conservative

Mid Norfolk

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 9
  • Con 29
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

23 jobs advertised · £40,911 avg

e.g. Registered Mental Health Nurse, Senior Care Assistant, Deputy Nurse Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£717 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,170 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,315 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 10% · Imports 4%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Griston · 0.2 km

    Griston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

  • HM Prison Wayland · 0.6 km

    HM Prison Wayland is a Category C men's prison, located near the village of Griston in Norfolk, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

  • Wayland Wood · 1.7 km

    Wayland Wood is a 31.7-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near to Watton in Norfolk, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife T…

  • Mill Lane Mill, Carbrooke · 1.9 km

    Mill Lane Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Carbrooke, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.

  • Caston · 2.0 km

    Caston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Watton, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Attleborough, and 18 miles (29 km) west of Norwich.

  • Wayland Rural District · 2.2 km

    Wayland Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Griston?
Griston is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Breckland local authority.
What is the population of Griston?
Griston has an approximate settlement population of 1,540.
How deprived is Griston?
The Breckland local authority, which includes Griston, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.