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Stoke Holy Cross

Stoke Holy Cross is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 917. There are around 6 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Norwich, 6.6 km away. There were around 7 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 Stoke Holy Cross area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Norfolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,948 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
South Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 49th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability52
Affordable rents66
Good schools11
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation71
Employment82
Low council tax38

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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:19

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Poringland · 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 Pori…
  • 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 Pori…

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

Road safety

267 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Norwich (6.3 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Norwich (6.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£312,124 average 2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06

Detached£428,838
Semi-detached£276,890
Terraced£230,011
Flat£134,548

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£981 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £696
  • 2 bed £890
  • 3 bed £1,107

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (4.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Dunston Hall Hotel (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,655
B £1,931
C £2,207
D £2,483
E £3,035
F £3,586
G £4,138
H £4,966

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

Schools

78 schools · 20,759 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Wymondham CollegeOutstanding
  • Hobart High SchoolGood
  • Long Stratton High SchoolGood
  • Diss High School
  • Framingham Earl High School
  • Hethersett Academy
  • Ormiston Victory Academy
  • Wymondham High Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

211 applications decided

92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Stoke Holy Cross · 0.2 km

    Stoke Holy Cross is a village in South Norfolk which lies approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Norwich.

  • Dunston Common · 0.8 km

    Dunston Common is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) Local Nature Reserve south of Norwich in Norfolk. It is owned and managed by South Norfolk District Council.

  • Dunston, Norfolk · 1.0 km

    Dunston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stoke Holy Cross, in the South Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk.

  • Venta Icenorum · 1.5 km

    Venta Icenorum was the civitas or capital of the Iceni tribe, located at modern-day Caistor St Edmund in the English county of Norfolk. The Iceni inhabited the flatlands and marshes of that county and are famous for h…

  • Swainsthorpe · 1.8 km

    Swainsthorpe is a village in Norfolk, England. It lies on the A140 road, approximately 5 miles south of Norwich, and just north of Newton Flotman. It covers an area of 3.38 km2 (1.31 sq mi) and had a population of 374…

  • Swainsthorpe railway station · 1.8 km

    Swainsthorpe was a railway station in Swainsthorpe, Norfolk, England, around five miles south of Norwich. It was opened in 1850 when the Great Eastern Railway constructed the line between London and Norwich. It was th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stoke Holy Cross?
Stoke Holy Cross is a town in Norfolk, England, in the South Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Stoke Holy Cross?
Stoke Holy Cross has an approximate settlement population of 917.
How deprived is Stoke Holy Cross?
The South Norfolk local authority, which includes Stoke Holy Cross, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.