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Rollesby

Rollesby is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 651. There are 12 bus stops in the area. There were around 9 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 Rollesby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Great Yarmouth area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 99,750 residents at roughly 572 people per km².

Council
Great Yarmouth
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 267th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime32
Home affordability74
Affordable rents71
Good schools9
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation8
Employment18
Low council tax57

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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 11° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:18

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 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

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Rural Flegg Villages · 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 the Rural Flegg Village…
  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for the Rural Flegg Village…

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

Road safety

174 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Acle (8.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£204,630 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-08

Detached£308,013
Semi-detached£208,344
Terraced£164,669
Flat£103,675

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£841 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £591
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £933

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,302 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (9.9 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: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Sundowner Holiday Park (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,131
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,266
  • Net moves+865

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 50,190)

A £1,610
B £1,878
C £2,146
D £2,414
E £2,951
F £3,487
G £4,024
H £4,829

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

Schools

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Lynn Grove AcademyGood
  • Caister Academy
  • Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
  • Flegg High Ormiston Academy
  • Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
  • Ormiston Venture Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Great Yarmouth

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

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

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

Planning decisions

67 applications decided

74.6% granted · 50 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain

Great Yarmouth

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 17
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,544 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,353 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 10%

104 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NR29

  • Ludham And Stalham Green Surgeries
  • Coastal Villages Practice
  • Fleggburgh Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rollesby · 0.6 km

    Rollesby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and…

  • Trinity Broads · 1.1 km

    Trinity Broads is a 316.8-hectare (783-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. They are in The Broads Special Area of Conservation. They are also part of the B…

  • Ormesby St Michael · 2.0 km

    Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 km (16 mi) east of the city of Norwich. Nearb…

  • Martham railway station · 2.0 km

    Martham railway station was a station in Martham, Norfolk. It was on the line between Melton Constable and Great Yarmouth. It closed in 1959.

  • Fleggburgh · 2.1 km

    Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Great Yarmouth and 14 miles (23 km) east of Norwich, bisected by the A1…

  • Filby Broad · 2.4 km

    Filby Broad is one of five broads (lakes) in the Trinity Broads in Norfolk, England. It lies within the Broads National Park, adjacent to the village of Filby. The broad has an abundant selection of birds and wildlife.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rollesby?
Rollesby is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Great Yarmouth local authority.
What is the population of Rollesby?
Rollesby has an approximate settlement population of 651.
How deprived is Rollesby?
The Great Yarmouth local authority, which includes Rollesby, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.