Postwick

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• Today: 21° / 14° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:20Sunset 19:21

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order2
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Acle · 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)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brundall Gardens (1.7 km)
• 0 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: 162.7p · Asda (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesla Supercharger, Norwich East (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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
• 6 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

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)

• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £35,909 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 2, Housing Standards Systems Manager, District Direct Officer

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

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 Broadland and Fakenham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s316 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases297 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Postwick with Witton · 0.7 km

  Postwick with Witton is a civil parish on the Broads in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the two adjacent villages of Postwick and Witton. Postwick is some 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of the city of Norwich, just…

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  Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB reserve · 1.3 km

  Surlingham Church Marsh is a small RSPB nature reserve in the Norfolk Broads, England. It is part of Yare Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest

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  Brundall Gardens railway station · 1.7 km

  Brundall Gardens railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the western side of the village of Brundall, Norfolk. It is sited 4 miles 66 chains (7.8 km) down the line from Norwich on…

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  Bramerton Pits · 1.9 km

  Bramerton Pits is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of the village of Bramerton in Norfolk, England, on the southern banks of the River Yare. It is a Geological Conservation…

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  Surlingham · 2.0 km

  Surlingham is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk situated on the Broads in eastern United Kingdom. It lies approximately 6½ miles south-east of Norwich on the south bank of the River Y…

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  St Andrew's Hospital, Norwich · 2.1 km

  St Andrew's Hospital was a mental health facility in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England. The main building survives and it is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)