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Mundesley

Mundesley is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 2,755. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 park, and 5 restaurants and cafés, along with 19 bus stops and Gunton railway station 5.9 km away. There were around 13 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 Mundesley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,980 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
North Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 128th of 294 English council areas — better than 56% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability35
Affordable rents62
Good schools5
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation30
Employment65
Low council tax44

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 16° · 60% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:17

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

16 reported · July 2026 16% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences9
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: North Walsham · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for North Walsham for the n…
  • Having reviewed the data and listened to community feedback, the policing priority for North Walsham and the surrounding area remains as…

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

Road safety

151 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gunton (5.6 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gunton (5.6 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£300,273 average 1.7% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-06

Detached£419,727
Semi-detached£277,800
Terraced£233,334
Flat£159,131

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£864 average monthly rent 5% YoY

  • 1 bed £623
  • 2 bed £808
  • 3 bed £1,001

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

Affordability

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (10.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Woodland Reception (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

  • Under 16: 13%
  • 16–64: 53%
  • 65+: 34%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 56,720)

A £1,640
B £1,913
C £2,187
D £2,460
E £3,007
F £3,553
G £4,100
H £4,920

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

Schools

63 schools · 11,342 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 17 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Alderman Peel High SchoolGood
  • North Walsham High SchoolGood
  • Sheringham High SchoolGood
  • Stalham High SchoolGood
  • Broadland High Ormiston Academy
  • Cromer Academy
  • Fakenham Academy

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

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
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

215 applications decided

94.4% granted · 203 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 11
  • LD 26
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £44,000 avg

e.g. Head Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£646 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,142 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 59,419 certificates

13.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Mundesley-on-Sea railway station · 0.2 km

    Mundesley railway station was a railway station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway in Mundesley, Norfolk. It opened on 1 July 1898.

  • Mundesley · 0.6 km

    Mundesley /ˈmʌn.zli/ is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 20 miles (32 km) north-northeast of Norwich, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Cromer and 6 miles (9.7 km) north…

  • Mundesley RNLI Lifeboat Station · 0.8 km

    Mundesley RNLI Lifeboat Station was located in Mundesley, a village approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Cromer, on the north-east coast of Norfolk.

  • River Mun · 0.8 km

    The River Mun or Mundesley Beck is a river in the north of the county of Norfolk, England. Its source is in the parish of Northrepps. The river finally runs into the North Sea in the village of Mundesley.

  • Mundesley Volunteer Inshore Lifeboat · 0.8 km

    Mundesley Volunteer Inshore Lifeboat is a volunteer-run lifeboat station located in Mundesley, a village approximately 20 mi (32 km) north-west of Norwich, overlooking the North Sea on the north-east coast of the Engl…

  • Stow Mill, Paston · 1.2 km

    Stow Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Paston, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in 1827, the mill worked until 1930. It was then converted to residential accommodation. The mill has been restored so that the sails…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Mundesley?
Mundesley is a town in Norfolk, England, in the North Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Mundesley?
Mundesley has an approximate settlement population of 2,755.
How deprived is Mundesley?
The North Norfolk local authority, which includes Mundesley, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.