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West Walton

West Walton is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 1,731. It has one restaurant and café, and 7 bus stops. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the West Walton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 154,325 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 99th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability64
Affordable rents70
Good schools45
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation23
Employment57
Low council tax53

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:27

9h 30m 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 · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 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

1 reported · August 2026▼ 86% YoY

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Terrington · 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 Terr…
  • 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 West N…

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

Road safety

277 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 359 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

40 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Watlington (14.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£941 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £650
  • 2 bed £848
  • 3 bed £1,053

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

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,102 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

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: College Of West Anglia (Wisbech Campus) (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,325 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk · 107/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,732
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,221
  • Net moves+1,511

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 75,900)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

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

Schools

83 schools · 19,176 pupils

65 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Downham Market AcademyGood
  • King's Lynn AcademyGood
  • Smithdon High SchoolGood
  • Iceni Secondary Academy
  • King Edward VII Academy
  • Marshland High School
  • Springwood High School
  • St Clement's High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

250 applications decided

85.6% granted · 214 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 17
  • LD 2
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 24

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Rider - Car

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£731 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,249 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 87,439 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in PE14

  • Upwell Health Centre
  • St John'S Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • West Walton · 0.2 km

    West Walton is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England.

  • Marshland High School · 0.9 km

    Marshland High School is a mixed secondary school in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England, and in the village of West Walton.

  • Ferry railway station · 1.5 km

    Ferry railway station was a railway station in Newton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Sutton Bridge and Wisbech. Its location was fairly rural, and a large a…

  • Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton · 1.7 km

    Ingleborough Tower Windmill is one mile north of the village of West Walton in Norfolk, England. The windmill is in the yard of Hill House Farm alongside a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state…

  • Wisbech Town F.C. · 2.3 km

    Wisbech Town Football Club is a football club based near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the Fenland Stadium.

  • Walsoken · 3.1 km

    Walsoken is a settlement and civil parish in Norfolk, England, which is conjoined as a suburb at the northeast of the town of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Compare King's Lynn and West Norfolk with nearby areas

Frequently asked questions

Where is West Walton?
West Walton is a town in Norfolk, England, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of West Walton?
West Walton has an approximate settlement population of 1,731.
How deprived is West Walton?
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority, which includes West Walton, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.