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Workhouse Common

Workhouse Common is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has no listed amenities with a count above zero, along with 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Attleborough, 2.4 km away. There were around 28 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 Workhouse Common area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Breckland area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,476 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

Council
Breckland
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Mid Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 109th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability56
Affordable rents60
Good schools23
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation40
Employment68
Low council tax49

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:20

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

32 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences19
  • Other theft5
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Attleborough · 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 Attl…
  • 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 Attleb…

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

Road safety

263 reported road collisions (2024)

86 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

82 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 72 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Attleborough (2.4 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Attleborough (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£273,851 average 2.7% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-06

Detached£374,751
Semi-detached£244,049
Terraced£195,663
Flat£110,304

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£925 average monthly rent 3% YoY

  • 1 bed £663
  • 2 bed £843
  • 3 bed £1,041

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

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Queens Street Car Park (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 127 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,444 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 65,920)

A £1,629
B £1,901
C £2,172
D £2,444
E £2,987
F £3,530
G £4,073
H £4,887

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

Schools

74 schools · 17,555 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Northgate High SchoolGood
  • The Nicholas Hamond AcademyGood
  • The Thetford AcademyGood
  • Wayland AcademyGood
  • Attleborough Academy
  • Dereham Neatherd High School
  • Old Buckenham High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

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

191 applications decided

89% granted · 170 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 9
  • Con 29
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£717 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,170 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,315 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kingdom of East Anglia · 1.7 km

    The Kingdom of the East Angles, informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia or East Anglia, was an early medieval English kingdom of the Angles during the Anglo-Saxon period, existing from the 6th century to 918 CE…

  • East Anglia · 1.7 km

    East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England. The area has had various definitions, mainly including at least the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, while other definitions include Cambridgeshire, and somet…

  • Iceni · 1.7 km

    The Iceni or Eceni were an ancient tribe of eastern Britain during the Iron Age and early Roman era. Their territory included present-day Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk; it bordered the…

  • Swangey Fen, Attleborough · 2.2 km

    Swangey Fen, Attleborough is a 48.4-hectare (120-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Attleborough in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.

  • Great Ellingham Windmill · 2.3 km

    Great Ellingham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

  • Attleborough Academy · 2.3 km

    Attleborough Academy/Attleborough Academy Norfolk (AA/AAN) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Workhouse Common?
Workhouse Common is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Breckland local authority.
How deprived is Workhouse Common?
The Breckland local authority, which includes Workhouse Common, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.